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  1. Jan 2024
    1. They didn’t say the work of the war is too urgent, we have to work seven days a week. They understood that in order to sustain themselves, they had to take regular pauses to take good care of themselves.  The peace activist A.J. Muste has said, “There is no way to peace; peace is the way.” The young social workers in Vietnam were practicing peace, not working towards peace in a frenetic or frantic way. That’s not how we create peace. We need to manifest it in every step. Not running for something in the future, but being peace in this moment, because the future is made of this moment.

      During vietname the social workers set up by thcihs camp took a day to practice mindfulness and self care. Despite the urgency they didn't try to acheive peace in a non peaceful way. The idea is self care and love of yourself is a part of peace. What a beautiful idea not taught to our caregivers doctors and healers.