Today's Theme: Legacy

Leave the world a better place.

Theme for the 11th day of the month:

The desire to leave a better world for our children, and for future generations, is natural for all people who strive for peace. This desire extends our actions far into the future. It gives meaning to actions we take now that may not bear fruit for a long time. We may not see all the effects of what we do, but we can trust that others will benefit. Someone whose face we will never see, or name we will never know, will be encouraged and sustained by the actions we take today.

Fulfilling the need to leave a positive legacy—to know without a doubt that our efforts and choices contribute to others—is fundamental to living a healthy life. Today’s theme invites you to reflect on your personal legacy. Do those closest to you know where you stand about peace, and what you’re doing about it? Do they know why it’s important to you?

What we do to cultivate peace this month becomes part of the current of life that flows unceasingly from the past to the future. This perspective helps to overcome frustration and discouragement when, in the face of current world tensions, we may wonder if our actions are making much impact. It puts our personal challenges in a larger context, one that connects us both to our ancestors and to the generations of the future. Each generation will carry the flame of peace for its time, and then pass it on. Our time is now.

Today we affirm that our actions help realize the visions of those who have lived before us. We can appreciate all of our efforts, even the little things, and recognize that what we do now prepares the soil in which the visions of the world’s children will thrive. Future generations will sustain the rhythm of peace in new ways, appropriate to their times.

Today we remember the river of life in which we all live. We can feel confident that this continuous current will carry our good will far into the future, and trust that none of our efforts will be lost. May we each do our part to ensure a healthy future...

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