Peace Pilgrim was born July 18, 1908. She is turning 100 this month. She passed in 1981 when, on the way to a speaking engagement, she was in a head-on car collision and died immediately, only months after she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Well, I just saw the most amazing one-hour video on her life... some link off of http://www.peacepilgrim.org/.
In her middle age, Peace took on a vow of poverty in order to walk for the cause of "World Peace". All that she says and did touches me. Were I to have her strength to speak from the heart, strength to take on physical hardship for the sake of the truth of Peace. I wish I could be Peace, but my excuse is that several people depend on me, so I can't do what she did. I am moving ahead in my own small ways.
The video footage shows Peace describing her ideas and aspirations. I had not been aware of her until this year, despite Tom Hanks added a touch of her life to the movie Forest Gump, when someone explained her deep influence on him.
Happy 100th Birthday, Peace. May your life live on in our good deeds. May we follow your "Steps to inner Peace" - I will take time to read it...
Friday, July 4, 2008
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