A Lesson from Children

Children are not only our future but are now. So innocence so full of joy and hope. In the book Walking for Pease, Mony wrote about some young children  that she and her walking partner met in Italy. One of the children, a girl, handed Mony a book. On the cover was drawn three cartoon fish in a row holding paint-brushes while walking across a rainbow bridge that extended to infinity. The fish in front wore a kaffiyeh (Palestinian black and white scarf), the fish at the end wore a yarmulke (the Jewish cap), and the fish in the middle wore a baseball cap. Above all their heads was the title "We Give a Boost to Peace with Six Hands" in four languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Italian and English.

The idea originated in Italy. The Italian children started a drawing which was delivered to a Palestinian school where those children added to it, and finally to Israeli children who completed it. The children's drawings showed togetherness where the children wore each other's religious scarfs, and caps. Some of the children's parents even added drawings to the books. When the books were finished many months later, they were displayed at a cultural center in Jerusalem, and the children were invited to see their handiwork. 

In Jerusalem there would be as many as five hundred excited children squealing with joy and delight at finding their book that they and their partners created.

Italian, Jewish and Palestinian children in their innocence without fear and hatred for each other united in peace, hope and the joy of just being children.  

Children have a great deal to teach us adults. We should listen to them and do as they do. 

In Canada, red, yellow, black and white children and some times speaking different languages all play together on school grounds, in parks and where ever they can gather to have some fun. Children don't see the color or bother about another kids language, they are able to communicate with each other just fine and have fun doing it.

The world would be a better place to live in if adults could set aside their differences for a time as children and find peace.

As Spiritualist, we strive to live together with other people no matter what the color of there skin may be or language they speak. We truly believe in our second principle "We believe in the brotherhood of man".