A Garden Of The World, Working For Peace

From where I sit here in my quiet little dining room of the Peace Garden's office, my view of the world seems very small. The genesis of the Peace Garden had it's start you could say back in those childhood days of yore. I was a fourth grader putting on a puppet show, & collecting a dime perhaps as an admission fee from each guest in our old neighborhood. The goal was to send the money collected that day to the UN, of which I did. That was over five decades ago. The mini neighborhood event way back then, remains for me one of my fondest of all childhood episodes, & was the true genesis of this Peace Garden project.

As of the date *2/6/11*, the Peace Garden has been visited by no less than 50 countries worldwide. Coming from a rather typical post WW II neighborhood environment, nothing from that experience would have even hinted to me as to how I would have evolved to this point. None of us are typical, ordinary cookie cutter types, & after we grow up from the gardens we have been planted in, we continue to grow & nurture our characters, reaching forward to what was originally given to us from the first recorded Exodus, "Let there be light". Our being given this indescribably precious light is so very necessary for a living & thinking world, the all of it.

It is at this time of year, the time of year when our earth is turned the farthest away from the sun, that we gaze not only at the star of Bethlehem, but also inside our own hearts.

The peoples of the world have different faiths; it is an honor & a joy to share in, & to be included in the various faith based traditions that we as human beings, hold so dear. We also have more in common than what is different. By continuing to learn, & to respect one another, we continue to add chapters of hope to our worldwide quest for peace.

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For today, Poetry A Muse In Motion, has a rather long poem. I humbly offer this poem to all of the 50 worldwide countries, for ultimately you all wrote this poem, I only jotted it down to share with you. I thank you all, for all that we share. *Amen*

From A World's Garden

USA

France

Italy

Canada

United Kingdom

New Zealand

Israel

Brazil

South Africa

Japan

Russia

Columbia

Vietnam

India

Taiwan

Germany

Solvenia

Oman

Ukraine

China

Indonesia

Latvia

Netherlands

Poland

Singapore

Australia

Greece

Turkey

Mexico

Saudi Arabia

Malaysia

Uruguay

Croatia

Romania

Kenya

Chile

Ecuador

El Salvador

Philippines

Spain

Lithuania

Sweden

Nigeria

Denmark

Hungary

Pakistan

S.Korea

United Arab Emirates

Costa Rica

Ireland

Are countries who

With thanks to you

Have visited so far

The mountains and the oceans

The deserts and the plains

The farmlands and oasis

It's more than I can name

But I will keep this memory

Respect this sacred trust

For our world cares

Much love from here

For peace

It's more

Than luck

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Thank you all, as we continue to continue-- to grow peace, both in our own hearts & the world at large.

There are 195 known countries in the world. The Peace Garden has a long, long way to go...