Make Love, Not war

This weekend my friends and I had a "Make Love, Not War" party. The idea came from the obvious war that was declared on South Korea from North Korea and the tension surrounding the entire situation. We had the idea about a month ago when all of this chaos first began and felt it was truly necessary to celebrate this message of peace. We did this by dressing up in our best hippie attire, drawing fake tattoos of flowers and peace signs on our bodies, and lighting incents to set the atmosphere.

Although this party was all in good fun being another reason to enjoy our friends company and get all dressed up, I truly do believe in the message. Love can conquer all, or most things, and war is not the answer. Whenever I listen to the song "Where is the love?" I can't help agreeing with the lyrics that the world has turned to such an evil and selfish place. There is so much discrimination, hate, and anger in the world that it makes you wonder "Where is the love?"

Most people only care about making money, about their own life, and worship God's like success and fame. Equality doesn't exist in so many places, people are crying and hurting all over the world, and people still want to start a war as if there is not enough pain out in the universe already?


This song and this party truly brought out the inner hippie in me perhaps, because I feel so full of love and truly hate the thought of war. I often feel so full of love for other people and I wonder if other people have that also. If we all exuded love and thoughtfulness instead of pride and selfishness how different would this world be? Mother Theresa said that "Good works are links that form a chain of love." How different would this world look if we lived our lives aspiring to be help others instead of only helping ourselves?

War is not the answer. The only way to live our lives is with love.

 Love & Peace yall.