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By
Bruce Bressack
07/31/2003
Boomers
Don't get me wrong, sometimes [most times!] I'm tempted to be selfish. But, somehow I catch myself 'just-in-time'.....but not before my 'right brain' conjures up images of enormously expensive, and totally unnecessary, "toys".
Not that wishing for 'World Peace' isn't selfish. I figure it this way - if people stop shooting each other, it's bound to be good for me and the people I love.
Nope, I'm not a 'Peacenik'...anymore. Nor am I against, for example, the war in Iraq (which, god willing, will end before dusk today)...
And, I don't think that I'm a liberal (or conservative) ideologue...
But, it just seems that the world would be a far, far better place if 'we all just got along'.
So, is the world ready to 'Give Peace A Chance'?[Yoko Ono]
Hard to say, but I think there's a chance if we can just keep the politics (and the politicians) 'out of it'....
....that is, until they abandon the notion that you need to drop bombs while simultaneously seeking a lasting peace. As the song goes, "There Ain't No Peace In Dying".
Don't give up quite yet.....next time you see a shooting star, wish
(and pray) for 'World Peace'.
Maybe God will hear you. If nothing else, you'll feel better about yourself.
Bruce Bressack is a singer-songwriter, producer and freelance writer currently living in New England. He’s a 52 year old baby-boomer, ex-Yuppie, ex-New Yorker, guitar-slingin’, piano-slappin’, finally ‘retired’, television tube lover...
Bruce Bressack can be reached at bbressack@hippopress.com