Dungeon Prompts: Peace – Just a Word? What does it mean to you?
This week’s prompt is: Peace – Just a Word? What does it mean to you?
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
“How come we play war and not peace? Too few role models.”
– Bill Watterson
We often talk about world peace, blogging for peace, or praying for peace, etc. In the written history of the world all we have ever known is war. So what makes us think that we could ever know peace? Is peace something that is attainable on the worldly, political, socio-economic level or is it only a state of mind that can be personally attained?
Suggested Prompts:
*What does peace mean to you? What are the steps that we as a nation, world, or individual need to take to achieve this goal? Write an essay about it.
*Write a short story, poem, or share a picture or song that explains your beliefs about the concept of peace.
*Any inspired offering that somehow relates to peace and what it means to you.
Dungeon Prompts are meant to open up the abandoned rooms inside ourselves and dust them off a bit. Explore the recesses of your mind and get back with a poem, story, essay or creative offering. Link your post to this specific prompt page and I’ll share your link back with our readers.
To participate, all you’ll need to do is:
1. Tag your post with: “DungeonPrompts”
2. Link back to this page in the body of your post *
3. Dive deep within and give us a glimpse of your soul!**
*note: If the pingback doesn’t work, then please leave the link to your post in the comment section.
**If you don’t have a blog please feel free to join the discussion in the comment section.
The Peace Prompt Contributors are:
Through the eyes of a 12 year old – Follow Your Shadow
Do you know Peace? – Emotion at Peek
Peace of Mind – Traces of the Soul
Somehow, this makes sense – MathaOstout
What is Peace? – Stop the Stigma with Cher Shares
Achieve Peace Within Yourself – Life As it is
Bricks and Stones – The Arkside of Thought
The Horizon of Peace – The Arkside of Thought
Quatern: Peace – Bastet and Sekhmet’s Library
The Lion with the Lamb – MarthaOstout
Walking the Road – MarthaOstout
Featured image via hdwallpaperpc.com
About the author
I would very much like to take part, but will only be able to do so in November once Project R is completed. Meanwhile, I hope it is agreeable if I include a short contribution here as a comment:
I am at peace when skies are filled with stars,
When children sleep and wake without fear.
If only we could love a little more,
And let that feeling our actions steer.
I am at peace when meadows are abloom,
When young and old know not the name of hunger.
If only we could give a little more,
And never fall asleep in dread or anger.
I am at peace when waters sparkle green,
When men and women live without strife.
If only we could dream a little more
And learn to breathe the beauty of this life.
It is a wonderful prompt, Sreejit. We take too little time to think of peace, and war it would seem we cannot escape, so thank you for offering the chance to dwell on the subject, even if only for a little time.
This is so beautiful!
Thank you, Cheryl.
You’re welcome:) I have so many ideas and can’t choose yet. It will just fall kerplump…into place soon when I stop forcing the issue, like my kids nagging for ice cream…it’ll come soon enough.
Reblogged this on Traces of the Soul and commented:
Great prompt this Week 11 Peace!
A 12 year old tells us about Peace http://wp.me/p2qvHS-bx
We are responsible for Peace
We is the US alone together and together alone, Peace is the space and time of Harmony, responsible using our responding ability to the best of our capacity. I believe that Gandhi got it right with passive resistance. I hope that clarifies. (I enjoy your blog)
Great subject… Goes with what is happening all around us…
The link didn’t seem to work…so here is my post
The ABC of Peace
http://splitspeak.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/the-abc-of-peace/
Hi Sreejit, this is a nice topic to write about. “Peace”. I have just started following you, and found nice gems on your blog. Written about this topic peace on my blog, but the link doesn’t seem to work. So here it is: http://lifeasitlives.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/achieve-peace-within-yourself/
I think, the pingback didn’t work for me as well. I made a post yesterday. Here is the link- http://wp.me/p1Inng-Ir