The Universe speaks in many languages, but in only one voice.
The language is not English, or French or Chinese or African.
It speaks the language of hope.
It speaks in the language of trust, the language of strength
and the language of compassion.
It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul.
But always it is the same voice...
  The voice of our ancestors speaking through us.
The voice of our inheritors waiting to be born.
It is the small, still voice that says we are One.
No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the country.
We are One.
No matter the pain, no matter the darkness,
no matter the loss, no matter the fear.
We are One.
Here, gathered together in common cause,
We agree to recognise this singular truth and this singular rule...
That we must be kind to one and other...
Because each voice enriches us and enobles us
And each voice lost diminishes us.
We are the voice of the Universe.
The soul of Creation,
The fire that will light the day to a better future.
We are One.
Naomi Shifra

Please take a copy of this Peace Rose to add to your site
so that all may see we ARE One Voice for World Peace.
( If you would link back to this URL, I would appreciate it! )

"The Earth Flag is my symbol of the task before us all. Only in the last
quarter of my life have we come to know what it means to be custodians of
the future of the Earth - to know that unless we care, unless we check the
rapacious exploitations of our Earth and protect it, we are endangering the
future of our children and our children's children. We did not know this
before, except in little pieces. People knew that they had to take care of
their own...but it was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the
moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is - something that we must hold in our arms and care for."

Margaret Mead, March 21, 1977

The Earth Proclamation

We are One people...
  We share One planet...
We have One common dream...
     We want to live in peace...
  We choose to protect and heal the Earth...
  We decide to create a better world for all...
We will do our best to make that dream come true...
  We will change what needs to be changed...
We will learn, to love, share and forgive...
          We are One people, we want to live and we will.

Personal Commitment

I, Naomi Shifra,
aware that human activities are seriously endangering the fragile ecosystems of our planet,
aware of the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots,
aware of the need to redirect my energies
to protect and restore the global Web of Life,
decide to begin right now to rethink my ways and values,
and change what needs to be changed in myself and around me.

I want the year 2000 ­ a symbol for a New Beginning ­
to be the turning point in the local and global efforts
now underway to create a better world
based on equality, justice and a sustainable planet ­
a world in which Peace on Earth prevails.

Understanding that we are all individually responsible for the kind of future we will create for our children and for countless generations to come,
I will participate in initiatives, locally and globally,
to transform our world and protect this Jewel of Life we call Earth.

I agree with this Earth Proclamation and personally commit myself to do all that I can to spread it throughout the world
and help make our shared dream
of Peace, Love and Harmony on Earth come true.

_____Naomi Shifra____ Signed on the _17th_ of _July_ 1998__

For your own copy of this Personal Commitment go here:

Lifestream

ONE

One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream.
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring.

One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
   One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal.

   One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room.
    One candle wipes out darkness,
    One laugh will conquer gloom.

         One step must start each journey,
        One word must start each prayer.
    One hope will raise our spirits,
    One touch can show you care.

         One voice can speak with wisdom.
      One heart can know what's true.
       One life can make the difference,
you see it's up to You!
Anonomous

" What a piece of work is man.
How noble in reason, how infinite in facilities.
In form and moving, how express, how admirable.
In action, how like an angel.
In apprehension, how like a God.
The beauty of the World.
The paragon of animals."

from Hamlet by William Shakespear

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