Defining
yourself by belief, nationality, sexuality, or race breeds violence because it
creates divisions between humans, and those divisions will eventually cause
strife, and often leads to discrimination, bullying, bloodshed, even war.
So a
man or woman seeking to end violence in the world, would do well to start by
abandoning all the labels that would demand loyalty to any country, political
party, religion, sexual orientation, race, and simply concentrate on
understanding and being a part of the whole of mankind. For that matter, don’t
stop at just mankind, see yourself as part of this living eco system we call
earth.
When
every person on the planet sees himself or herself this way, then there will be
an end to violence. Don’t wait for everyone else. Join the peace movement now.
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And
the world will be as one
-John
Lennon
