Let love not hate reign.

Ours is but a small world and chances are we shall be hobnobbing with each other along the byways and highways of life if not now, in the near future.

As it is, the world is full of strife. People are bickering with one another. It would do us no good to join the fray. Truth is, Iraq is already torn apart. Afghanistan, tired and weary. People, the world over are groaning and moaning with pain brought about by both man-made and natural calamities. Haiti. Chile. Samoa. Philippines. Oh, their number could go on. At the height of a calamity, didn't we see people fighting each other for a bag of rice, a bottle of water, or a piece of cloth?

But would it not be nice to dream of a world where people get along well with each other? Couldn't we learn to get along? Must we go down to the level of the animals fighting for survival? Would it not be better if love and not hate should reign in the world?

Before I leave, I'd like to share with you Max Ehrmann's .....

THE HATE AND THE LOVE OF THE WORLD

I have seen men binding their brothers in chains, and crafty
traders reaching for the bread that women and children
lifted to their mouths;
I have seen suffering go unaided.
I have heard the iron din of war, and have seen the waxen
face of early death;
And I have cried in my heart, "The world is hate!"

I have heard birds calling their mates in the still forests,
and insects chirping to their loves in the tangled grass
of meadows;
I have seen mothers caressing their babes, and aged men
supporting with devotion the slow steps of stooping
women;
I have seen cheerful hearthstones surrounded by laughing
children and strong men and happy women;
I have heard the tender words of lovers in the pure passion
of youth;
And I have cried in my heart, "The world is love!"