Peace Cracks
"On my desk I keep a mug with this saying: 'Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.' The first time I poured coffee into the mug, it seeped out through a hairline crack in the bottom and spilled all over the countertop. Now I use it to hold pens and pencils and remind myself that my life is riddled with imperfections. The imperfections are funny, and my attempts at perfection are even funnier."
~Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Simply Imperfect Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House
"On my desk I keep a mug with this saying: 'Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.' The first time I poured coffee into the mug, it seeped out through a hairline crack in the bottom and spilled all over the countertop. Now I use it to hold pens and pencils and remind myself that my life is riddled with imperfections. The imperfections are funny, and my attempts at perfection are even funnier."
~Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Simply Imperfect Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House
About
The
Charter is a call to restore the Golden Rule to the center of
religious, moral and civic life. The path to a just economy and a
peaceful world requires listening, understanding and treating all others
as we wish to be treated ourselves.
Mission
One of the most urgent tasks of our generation is to build a global community where men and women of all races, nations and ideologies can live together in peace. In our globalized world, everybody has become our neighbor, and the Golden Rule has become an urgent necessity.
The Charter for Compassion is not simply a statement of principle; it is above all a summons to creative, practical and sustained action to meet the political, moral, religious, social and cultural problems of our time.
We invite each of you to adopt the charter as your own, to make a lifelong commitment to live with compassion.
The Charter for Compassion is a document that transcends religious, ideological, and national differences.
Supported by leading thinkers from many traditions, the Charter activates the Golden Rule around the world.
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