Physicians for Social Responsibility Peace Award

bronze

ht: 12"/30 cm

Peace, like good health, is not a luxury to be enjoyed by the righteous few, but a natural state of being that God intended for us all. We humans have perpetuated the revered tradition of violence since ancient times, but I believe violence is an aberration rather than a fulfillment of human nature. It is a disease. Ironically, perhaps, it is the invention of nuclear weapons that makes us most keenly aware of this.

Fortunately, however, the disease is not incurable. Each of us has the capacity to create peace in this troubled world. Peace proceeds not from technological expansion or governmental will, but from individual effort. And in the final analysis, it's not the result that really matters. What is important is the grace and consistency of our work, as we each reach out to our sick and wounded world in whatever ways we can, with a healing touch.

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