Why hate instead of love? Why war instead of peace? Why killing instead of life-giving? Those whose lives are filled with hate and war and killing were never loved, or not enough. To realize this metamorphosis from hate to love and other manifestations thereof, we must, singly and collectively, come to the realization that despite different appearances, different languages, different religions, different cultures, we all are brothers and sisters of the family of humanity. The borders that divide us are not on maps, but in our minds and hearts. The air and oceans of Earth do not recognize national borders, nor does the pandemic. Why should we? LOVE--of self and all others--is what ineluctably bonds us together--one, not many. Let all the years ahead be an on-going world picnic where we celebrate all our surface differences, rather than dreading them, rather than hating them, rather than destroying them. Let love be our shared, eternal future, not extinction. You are the match that lights the fire of Love on Earth forever.

TOD HOWARD HAWKS