Give Peace a Chance...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s "Bed-In for Peace & Nonviolence", the World March for Peace and Nonviolence Committee will be holding a “Bed-In for Peace and Nonviolence” on August 16th from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Participants will gather at the Cherry Hill Fountain Terrace in Central Park (New York City), where they will pay tribute to John Lennon, and Yoko Ono, and the timeless cause for peace.

The "concept of peace" in bed started with John Lennon and Yoko Ono during the Vietnam War, in 1969. The couple held two weeklong Bed-Ins for Peace in Amsterdam and Montreal where John and Yoko spent their honeymoon in bed. John Lennon wrote one of his greatest songs while he was chilling in bed, "Give Peace a Chance".

The pair stood for peace - that was a given, you could hear it in their words and music. However, them staying in bed those few weeks in peace proved to be their strongest non-violent way of protesting war. When asked by a reporter what they were trying to achieve by staying in bed, Lennon answered spontaneously "All we are saying is give peace a chance". Point taken :-)

I try to find deeper meanings in everything I do, read, hear, and see. I'm so fascinated with different life philosophies and concepts. I tend to take the things I learn about and come across (events and music included) and apply them to my own personal journey. Living here on the east coast, I've been hearing a lot lately about the 40th " Bed-In for Peace & Nonviolence " Day being held in NYC tomorrow. I've been quite intrigued and interested in the concept for a few years now, more so this past week because of all the local noise surrounding it and also because I've been searching for answers to find peace with certain things happening in my life right now.

I think the worst feeling in the world for me is to feel like I'm getting punk'd and there isn't a single thing I can do about it - especially when it comes to my enemies. I really dislike using the word “enemies” because I'd like to think I don't have any enemies and also because I try to avoid the dramatics of it all. However, there are a select few that choose to play the part, causing certain situations to come up that cause me to feel like I'm being pushed. I find it takes my whole being to keep from letting in and retaliating on some sort of way. But I do know it'll take one slight reaction from me to make things worse. So I've been trying to find an alternative path to create peace between these people and I. Today it finally came to me -- peace exists when you do nothing.

I'll give peace a chance for once and do nothing, not even be angered. I will sit here in the beautiful existence I call my own and live - because really, that's my only job. War is over...

Happy “Bed-In for Peace & Nonviolence” Day tomorrow ya’ll :-)

Be blessed…