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"PEACE FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING:
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettuce be kind 3. Lettuce be patient 4. Lettuce really love one another
NO GARDEN WITHOUT TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meetings 2. Turnip for service 3. Turnip to help one another
TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other 2. Thyme for family 3. Thyme for friends
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE. There is much fruit in your
garden because you reap what you sow."
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"When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country
may cease to want war, but above all that my own country will cease to do
the things that make war inevitable."
Thomas Merton
(theologian, Trappist monk and
ZEN-practitioner)
"Let us pray for our children.
Our children deserve a world without end. Not a war without end. Our children deserve a world free of the terror of hunger, free of the terror of poor health care, free of the terror of homelessness, free of the terror of ignorance, free of the terror of hopelessness, free of the terror of policies which are committed to a world view which is not appropriate for the survival of a free people, not appropriate for the survival of democratic values, not appropriate for the survival of our nation and not appropriate for the survival of the world.
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Quote from "Prayer for America" by U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich
"Since when
did it become acceptable, for hatred to flourish?
When did it become uncool, for love to exist?
Who allowed pain to become the state of being,
and anger to rule lives without a gentle touch?
Since when did it become acceptable, for children to cry at night?
When did a hug become forbidden, or a soft kiss on the cheek?
Listen to the words of a song, where hatred is worshiped.
Listen to the words of a song, where love is mocked.
Since when did it become acceptable,
for women to be called whores?
Who allowed humanity to die, and anger to live?
Who shall take the blame for the happiness,
and the credit for the anger?
Who shall take the sorrow for the gain,
and the joy for the lost?
When the mirror stands before humanity,
look into shattered dreams.
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Poem by Hoa 'Aina's Learning Center Coordinator Aly Adachi;
the poem recieved an International Poets Merit Award in 2002
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