The Arbor Day Peace Walk
to Colombia
Honoring Non-Violent Conflict Workers
In A Walking Prayer To Embody Their Work For Peace
"What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself and meet no one for hours - that is what you must be able to attain. To be solitary as you were when you were a child, when the grown-ups walked around involved with matters that seemed large and important because they looked so busy and because you didn't understand a thing about what they were doing."
-- Rilke
On April 27, 2001 Geronimo Reached
Virginia
Charlottesville
Lexington (Washington and Lee University)
On May 7, 2001 Geronimo Reached
West Virginia
Lewisburg
Rupert
Charleston
Huntington
On May 19, 2001 Geronimo Reached
Kentucky
Lexington
Sunday, June 17th:
Geronimo calls an end to the walk
Missouri
Sikeston
Dexter
Kennett
Tennessee
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Memphis
Speaking engagement, sometime in the last 2 weeks of June
Nicaragua
Managua
Costa Rica
United Nations University for Peace in Colon
"The next great step for the human family will be to recognize, in our daily lives, the unity that already exists. And a necessary step is the recognition of the common symbols of this unity." — Joseph Campbell
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Goal
A story is told of Jesus and His disciples walking one day
along a stony road. Jesus asked each of them to choose a stone
to carry for Him. John, it is said, chose a large one while
Peter chose the smallest. Jesus led them then to the top of a
mountain and commanded that the stones be made bread. Each
disciple, by this time tired and hungry, was allowed to eat the
bread he held in his hand, but of course, Peter's was not
sufficient to satisfy his hunger. John gave him some of his.
Some time later Jesus again asked the disciples to pick up a
stone to carry. This time Peter chose the largest of all.
Taking them to a river, Jesus told them to cast the stones
into the water. They did so, but looked at each other in
bewilderment. "For whom," asked Jesus, "did you carry the stone?"
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"My pilgrimage is not a crusade, which connotes violence. There is no attempt to force something on people. A pilgrimage is a gentle journey of prayer and example. My walking is first of all a prayer for peace. If you give your life as a prayer you intensify the prayer beyond all measure."
"I like to work in any medium where I am free to do as I choose."
-- Alexander Calder
"I am a patriot."
-- Jackson Browne
Lex Hixon
More Inspirational Quotes
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