Introduction By Darryl Gumm, Website Founder
Be An Instrument Of Peace.com is the result of much reflection and real life experiences. During the month of February 2004, I volunteered to teach Sunday school at Ebenezer United Church of Christ in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (USA). Our lesson plan was to learn about Mother Teresa, reflect on the various problems in the world, select which was the most pressing problem, and explain what we would do to help solve that problem. Whereas I teach and lead by example, I participated, with my students, in this exercise.
I selected War as the most pressing problem in the world. It has been said that war, more than any other factor, is the cause for famine, homelessness, hopelessness, orphans, mental illness, budget deficits, environmental decay, and a host of other problems. War is simply humanity’s failure to occupy planet earth in a harmonious fashion.
I told my students what I was doing to try to rid the world of war. This included wearing a peace tie, writing a poem entitled Peaceful Living and putting a bumper sticker on my car which reads Live Peacefully. I also told them how I try to actually live peacefully. However, while vacationing in Siesta Key, Florida, during March of 2004, I seriously reflected on this whole issue of War. After much thought, I decided to do more to stem the trend of violent acts, sometimes referred to as War, other times referred to as Terrorism. I am a writer, and as a writer, I will use this website to share my knowledge, observations and views about a wide variety of issues which either contribute to war and terrorism, or peace and harmony. Other writers will also be invited to share their knowledge and opinions on this site.
It is my firm belief that each and every person, on planet earth, either contributes to humanity’s success or its failure. Humanity’s failure is war, violence, and terrorism. Humanity’s success is peace and harmony for everyone, not just a select few. It is my hope this website will help humanity understand how to be an instrument of peace.
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