Hello!

The name of this blog is for Peace on Tuesday and this is my first posting!

My purpose in creating this blog is to provide a focus for Peace, individually, in community, country and the planet. As a coach I work with people to create power and possibility in their lives and work. I notice that what's often in the way of the results people desire, in the way of joy and satisfaction, is FOCUS.

Peace is a result we have not achieved on this planet and I notice that there is no focus for Peace in our culture. So, I extend an invitation for everyone to create a focus in their lives for Peace. And specifically the invitation is to take some time every Tuesday to do one thing for Peace. It can be a simple meditation on ,or a prayer for, Peace. Or the action could be a challenging one, fasting or substituting healthy food for one meal that day, walking or biking to work, sharing something you wouldn't normally share. My intention is to have the country consider Tuesday a day to focus on Peace. I did not choose days traditionally reserved for religious observance on purpose because Peace is everyone's responsibility, everyone's opportunity. It is not simply the purview of the religious.

So, let me be clear. This is a blog to invite people to create a simple focus on Peace each Tuesday. This is not a blog that is against anything. Mother Theresa once said that she would come to a rally for Peace but would not attend an event that was against war. And for good reason. She knew that what we focus on expands. If we choose to focus on something we are against, something we can't be with, then we give it space in our lives - space to plague us, weight to add to our internal argument that life sucks!

I also declare that we need to shift our context regarding Peace and war. I see evidence of a pervasive context in the world and in our culture: Peace good, war bad. This context is not likely to create internal or planetary Peace. It certainly hasn't so far! We need a new context regarding Peace, one that allows or empowers us to take some personal action that moves us toward Peace in our lives and on this planet.

If you are willing to join me in creating this movement, please respond to this blog and let me know if you want to be included in a for Peace on Tuesday weekly message. I am committed to creating a blog posting every Monday to send to folks on Tuesday to remind us all that Peace is possible, that there are many ways to contribute to it, that it can be easy, that we can make a difference, that it's worth being unreasonable and ridiculous for.

Love,

Lowejo