Peace

I know I am going to sound stupid and emotional, I am fine with that. Please don't hate me just for wanting peace. I want you to have peace too. I will stand here in peace and not step towards you in any way, just here in acceptance and peace. Please remember I am human too. You can hate all you want. I wont stop you, please dont cause me harm. I am willing to work with you so you can have what you want. In a way that doesnt hurt me or you.

Its ok you are the 1 in 1,000,000,001

Every 1 is just as important as that 1,000,000,001. We are all that 1, that makes up the 1,000,000,001.

Choose Peace. Let me choose peace. Know that if you choose, I have also wanted everyone to just choose peace this whole time. I choose peace, that's it. Not, if you do it I will. I am choosing peace.

Other humans helped to agree 1+1=2

No matter where you go, 1+1=2, is a proven fact. It is a fact that is able to be proven. Theories are not facts. That word is not seen the same everywhere. That's why we have the word theory and the word fact.

Peace is the gate to paradise. You should not have to die to be at peace. Live at peace so you can rest at peace. We are all Human. Period. We all want peace. To be left alone when I want and to be accepted when I don't want to be left alone. You are smart enough to be able to see what the meaning of peace looks like. Not hatred. Not killing. We are all human. The gate that is peace only opens if every single human stands before it. It's that simple. Everyone has to accept that peace is the way to paradise. We as humans know we all need food to survive. No matter where you go that is a provable fact. Not a theory. Humans need food and clean water to be alive and healthy. So you can be alive and healthy. Eat as much as you want, eat as little. We all need to eat. Let's all work out these things together. There are people that just want to help, with no ulterior motive. I really hope you got to experience that at some point and that you can if you haven't yet. Humans that just want to help you be happy, so they can be happy. Let me be a weirdo that helps, please don't stop my peace by taking advantage of it.

Robots could be an option for humans. We see the potential. Let's all discuss and agree. This is a human issue. Not every human is heard, that wants to be. Knowing that just because they dont care doesnt mean it doesnt matter. You need food to survive. If you don't want to work for me to be fed. Let me work for it. Teach me to be able to achieve it. That I can see it being achieved by those like me. I know I am not as smart as you. I know I am smarter than just a few. I just want peace. Please let me just be at peace.

I am just being and trying to be at peace, I don't want to stop your peace. Please, do not stop my peace with your peace. That's it. No more borders. No more hatred. No more deaths of humans. I don't care what kind of human you call yourself or others. You and I are human, and I want us both to have peace.

Peace is just a word. Peace needs to be a message. The literal word peace is not seen the same everywhere, it's not taught the same everywhere. You can even speak the same as me and this peace is instead taught to be achieved by war and death. You were taught by the world that peace was never an option, because they didn't want to let you be at peace. And I am so sorry, I do not want to judge or hate you. I feel for you, in a small way that I can't truly know. Because I am not you. This is all why some don't want to stand at the gate. Hatred has been taught to them. They really just never knew we were trying to get to the same place behind the gate. Because I put a name on it you didn't understand. Peace to me is an action of doing nothing to harm anyone. That's it, peace is a human concept. Let's agree on that and then go from there. That can be interpreted in so many different variations that still have the same root ideal. No harm. I may like to shoot guns, some find it fun, just don't aim it at me please. Let's let a gun just be for fun, not harm. As silly as it sounds. A weapon carried in peace is the ultimate sign of peace. There isn't a need to carry it everywhere in a time of peace. For respect of a time we needed it, absolutely. Never forget a time we needed weapons to survive. Or someone will call it something else with the same idea. And not just see it as a weapon by the concept of causing harm. Weapons do cause harm. Weapons can be used safely so you don't harm yourself or others. Teach your kid to use guns safely and that no one ever has to use them, teach them how to properly use a knife, how to properly use a car. Go to the gun range if you want to shoot. Go in your backyard and guarantee me that the bullets hit nothing. Please, so I know you and I are safe. And shoot as much as you want without harming yourself or someone else. Please remember that accidents happen. They can be avoided with proper knowledge. Let's all agree as humans what the proper methods are. They really are just facts we already have and know. Maybe rubber bullets are enough, maybe they are not. Maybe it works for some and not others. Let's not let causing harm be the root of the issue. Use a weapon in peace. I don't want to take away your weapon. Humans have found them fun and needed for centuries. It's a proven fact. Just because some humans do and some don't doesn't matter. Just please let me be at peace, I am just trying to be at peace. Not dead because you thought my peace had to work that way. Do humans need to fight to survive? We used to. Do humans need to fight for peace? No, just accept what peace means. Please understand at the root of it all, I just want to get to paradise too. And I am willing to try with you to get there. I truly am sorry if you felt any hate from this, I am just kind of dumb i guess and couldn't find the right words. Can we still try for peace? I am terrified you will say no. Because I can't be left alone anymore, so please just let me have peace without having to die to achieve it. Like it was something I had to die working for. Not one human should have to die or be harmed, because of peace. Do not block traffic, let them be at peace. Do not scream at them, that's all they have been taught. If you want peace, please let peace mean just standing out of anyone else's way. And respectfully or not just please let me have peace, not resulting from harm. Because that is not the message of peace.

I am so sorry your pain has been worse than mine, I can't even begin to truly understand. I have not walked a mile in your shoes, and it's ok you haven't walked a mile in mine. I do not want you to feel pain or harm, I do not want you to feel unsafe. I have felt these things. You have felt these things. Humans feel these things. I don't want you to feel pain. Humans are capable of doing very good and bad actions. You were not born evil. You were born human. That's it. Sorry the dumb, crazy human told you that you deserve to be alive, because you didnt make that choice to begin with. No one chose to be born. It is really that simple. This is my first time being alive, same goes for you. We are both still human.

Children of the world, please sit down. Let the adults handle this one. We have been hurting for much longer than you and we will sort it out so you can be safe and live at peace. I will not teach my kids to hate your kids. Hate is not peace.

No matter what country or region they come from, ordinary people long for peace. Yet so many people hide behind the banner of justice while hurting the very people who genuinely wish for peace.

I feel like the world is hellbent on unraveling itself, people attack each other communities are hellbent on fighting each other and not some petty disputes but straight up killing each other...when did life lose its value, when did instead of arguing and calling someone out for their different opinions became personal attacks...death threats...rape threats...mob threats... people being doxed...why are we all hellbent on killing each other... maybe I am too soft but I was tough that killing is the ultimate act against nature...it rips your soal(i know it is from hp)...why...is it really that hard to...be good.

For those who have not seen Avatar: the Last Airbender, the Order of the White Lotus was a secret organization that spanned both sides of the war and included member from all four bending disciplines and non-benders alike. Their overall goal was to promote philosophy, beauty, truth, and the preservation of ancient wisdom.

Do you think such an organization either can or does exist in the world today? How or why?

50 years ago the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice arrived in Washington DC.

I remember walking around the White House that now is behind higher fencing as Trump builds his ball room as his own memorial. It seems like my side lost, but I still believe that Martin was right, the arc of history is moving toward Justice. We shall yet overcome.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr and the Nobel Peace Prize

I believe a more peaceful world begins with the choices we make today. I wrote this open letter as a call for peace, unity, and a better future for generations to come. If these values matter to you, I'd appreciate you taking a moment to read it: https://openletter.earth/an-appeal-to-humanity-d4bbd8c3

If this speaks to you, sharing would mean a lot.

Peace.

Life in Gaza Is More Than Just Surviving 💔
I’m from Gaza, Palestine. After years of war, we are exhausted. We struggle to find food, shelter, safety, and hope for tomorrow. We have lost so much, yet we keep trying to survive.
We are not just numbers in the news. We are human beings with families, dreams, and broken hearts.
Please don’t forget Gaza. The world needs to hear our stories. 🇵🇸

I made this vase for a Palestinian human rights advocate and leader whose courage and dedication I've admired for a long time. Its black, white, green, and red colors reflect the Palestinian flag, symbolizing the history, land, hope, and sacrifices of the Palestinian people. Its broken fragments were joined using Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold.

Kintsugi challenges the idea that damage must be hidden or erased. The gold doesn't pretend the break never happened. It makes the fracture part of the object's story. Repair isn't a return to what was. It begins by acknowledging what happened.

That's why Kintsugi felt like the right language for this piece: a quiet witness to what was broken, what people survived, and what must never be forgotten.

The vase is a metaphor. Its fragments represent a people who have endured loss, displacement, and generations of grief. The gold represents resilience, dignity, and memory. The scars remain visible, not to glorify suffering, but to honor those who endured it.

As an Israeli, I grew up with one version of our history. I believe I have a moral responsibility to acknowledge the suffering inflicted on Palestinians, including the part my own country has played in it. A mended vase isn't a mended people, and the gold isn't there to make suffering beautiful. It's there so the pain stays visible and the history is remembered.

A vase can't carry all that weight. It's one small gesture from one person, but it's what I know how to do with my hands.

#lakesidepottery

Leaflets in the mail
Tables at the job fair
“Will you serve your country?”
Asked in a way that makes
Declining feel like shame.
But what is an army?
What is war?
Some parts of the military
Exist to protect and rescue.
Others exist for something else entirely.
War is socially acceptable murder.
I struggle to find another name for it.
The uniform changes,
The justification changes,
But the act itself does not.
The people on the other side
Are often not the ones
Who began the conflict.
They become symbols of an enemy,
Not its source.
To fight for one's country
May be called honorable.
To kill for one's country
Is still killing.