Today on Peace - Deep Peace, by Donovan

Deep Peace

Deep peace of the running wave to you Deep peace of the flowing air to you Deep peace of the quiet earth to you Deep peace deep peace Deep peace of the sleeping stones to you Deep peace of the wandering wind to you Deep peace of the flock of stars to you Deep peace deep peace Deep peace of the eastern wind to you Deep peace of the westeren wind to you Deep peace of the northern wind to you Blue wind of the south to you Pure red of the whirling flame to you Pure white of the silver moon to you Pure green of the emerald grass to you Deep peace deep peace

Today on Peace - St. Francis of Assisi

Make Me An Instrument of Your Peace

- St. Francis of Assisi- 

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me show love,

Where there is injury, pardon

Where there is doubt, faith,

Where there is despair, hope,

Where there is darkness, light,

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much

seek to be consoled as to console,

not so much to be understood as to understand,

not so much to be loved, as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

it is in dying that we awake to eternal life.

Imagine a world... (Tasavor Kon, by Sivash Ghomayshi)

Tasavor kon age hata tasavor kardanesh sakhte 

Imagine, even if it is hard to imagine

jahani ke har ensani tu un khoshbakhte khoshbakhte

A world in which everyone is blessed with prosperity.

jahani ke tu un pul o nejad o ghodrat arzesh nist 

Imagine a world in which money, race and power are meaningless. 

javabe ham sedaii ha police zede shooresh nist 

The answer to agreements is not the headbanging of riot police 

na bombe hasteii dare na bomb afkan na khompare 

There is no longer war, there are no more bombs, 

dige hich bacheii pasho roye min ja nemizare 

No child would leave their feet on a mine 

hame azade azdan hame bi darde bi dardan 

Everyone is free, everybody is healthy and wealthy. 

tu roozname nemikhooni nahanga khodkoshi kardan

The mass suicide of whales is no longer in the newspaper. 

jahani ro tasavor kon bedoone nefrat o gharoot 

Imagine a world without hate 

bedoon zolme khodkame bedoone vahshat o taghoot 

without cruelty, without fright 

jahani ro tasavor kon por az labkhand o azadi 

Imagine a world full of laughter, full of freedom 
labalab az gol o boose por az tekrar e abadi

Full of flowers, full of kisses in continious flourish 

Tasavor kon age hata tasavor kardanesh jorme 

Imagine it even if it is illegal to Imagine 

age ba bordane esmesh galoo por mishe az sorme 

Even just by speaking it your mouth becomes dusty 

tasavor kon jahani ro ke toosh zendan ye afsan ast 

Imagine a world in which prison is a myth 

tamame jangaye donya shodan mashmoole atash bas 

Every war in the world is sentenced to stop. 

kasi aghaye alam nist barabar ba haman mardom 

There is no man controlling the world, all people are equal 

dige sahme har ensan e tane har doone ye gandom 

Everyone has a fair share, even of wheat 

bedoon e marz o mahdoode vatan yani hame donya 

Without boundary and border , country means all over the world.

Tasavor kon to mitooni beshi tabire in roya

Imagine that you can be the interpretation of this dream

Courtasy of my friend Aram

The role of prayers

We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism...To your knees, man! and to your Bible! Decide at once! Don't hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God, quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist!

C.T. Studd

http://www.beliefnet.com

Today on Peace - Anne Bronte

Monday Night May 11th 1846 / Domestic Peace

- by Anne Bronte -

Why should such gloomy silence reign;

And why is all the house so drear,

When neither danger, sickness, pain,

Nor death, nor want have entered here? 

We are as many as we were

That other night, when all were gay,

And full of hope, and free from care;

Yet, is there something gone away.

The moon without as pure and calm

Is shining as that night she shone;

but now, to us she brings no balm,

For something from our hearts is gone. 

Something whose absence leaves a void,

A cheerless want in every heart.

Each feels the bliss of all destroyed

And mourns the change - but each apart.

The fire is burning in the grate

As redly as it used to burn,

But still the hearth is desolate

Till Mirth and Love with Peace return.

'Twas Peace that flowed from heart to heart

With looks and smiles that spoke of Heaven,

And gave us language to impart

The blissful thoughts itself had given.

Sweet child of Heaven, and joy of earth!

O, when will Man thy value learn?

We rudely drove thee from our hearth,

And vainly sigh for thy return.

Today on Peace - Chain of Love and Peace

Chain of love and peace

- by  Lino Jones -

One moment of love and peace, 

Several moments of love and peace, it can make.

Several moments of love and peace, 

One minute of love and peace, it can make.

One minute of love and peace, 

Several minutes of love and peace, it can make.

Several minutes of love and peace, 

One hour of love and peace, it can make.

One hour of love and peace, 

Several hours of love and peace, it can make.

One hour of love and peace, 

Several hours of love and peace, it can make.

Several hours of love and peace, 

One day of love and peace, it can make.

One day of love and peace, 

Several days of love and peace, it can make.

Several days of love and peace, 

One week of love and peace, it can make.

One week of love and peace, 

Several weeks of love and peace, it can make.

Several weeks of love and peace, 

One month of love and peace, it can make.

One month of love and peace, 

Several months of love and peace, it can make.

Several months of love and peace, 

One year of love and peace, it can make

One year of love and peace, 

Several years of love and peace, it can make

Several years of love and peace, 

One life of love and peace, it can make

One life of love and peace, 

Several lives of love and peace, it can make

Several lives of love and peace, 

One family of love and peace, it can make

One family of love and peace, 

Several families of love and peace, it can make

Several families of love and peace, 

One village of love and peace, it can make

One village of love and peace, 

Several villages of love and peace, it can make

Several villages of love and peace, 

One community of love and peace, it can make

One community of love and peace, 

Several communities of love and peace, it can make

Several communities of love and peace, 

One country of love and peace, it can make

One country of love and peace, 

Several countries of love and peace, it can make

Several countries of love and peace, 

One world of love and peace, it can make

One world of love and peace, 

One eternity of love and peace, it can make

One moment of love and peace, 

One eternity of love and peace, it can make

So, why doesn’t it? 

Because this is same for hate and war…