Promoting The Cause Of Peace At The "Interfaith Thanksgiving Service" On 11/26/08, Putnam, Ct.*

It was truly a site to behold, the peoples of the Christian, Unitarian, Jewish, Islamic, Bah'a i', & Catholic faiths--  all of us gathering together to honor our faiths yet acknowledging our interconnectedness in our basic beliefs of God.  Yes, different paths to our belief of God, yet for me no path is more up lifting then the one that allows us to listen to that "still small voice inside" it guides us in--  body, mind & spirit, & brings us to a place of interconnectedness-- a common ground with our fellow human beings.  Life is sweet when we choose to listen, & life is sweet when we choose to help one another, for life is sweet when we choose to share in the bitter & the sweet.  It is during this process of a lifetime, choosing to keep our hearts open, when we feel our spirits soar.  The "dove of peace" from the ancient time of Noah, a time before print--  God's symbol to the world, multitudes have embraced this symbol as we've traveled to this computer age.  

May we "continue to continue"--  to put aside the differences that divide, & instead embrace these differences with acceptance, the love in our hearts-- when we do that the beauty of love is far more obvious than words, as we in spirit connect & soar with the delicately beautiful dove of peace.   

*Amen*

{In one of the included photos you will see a painted work on cedar with acrylic of mixed media, on it is the word *ahava, which is a Hebrew word for love.  This work was created in the Jewish year 5755, in loving memory of my father, of who "Ahava Art Works" was created. Mother Lightning's Peace Garden is a production of "Ahava Art Works", which is a symbol of the healing heart.}