Thought and Action

"Perhaps philosophers might call it ‘love’ in a very general sense – that force which directs all our actions, which is the source of all our delights and all our pursuits. Indissolubly linked with thought and with action, love is their common mainspring and, hence, their common bond." ~ [Louis de Broglie]

In the depths of the human soul love is thought serenaded by action. Without the thought component there would be no purpose, without the action no delight.

Every day 'simple things' like the soil, the water, and the air are being transformed into the most toxic waste of human civilization: arms – millions upon millions of tons of weapons whose only purpose is to inflict mass destruction.

The world spent 1,500 billion dollars on military last 12 months (the US share: 1,000 billion dollars – 52 cents in every dollar of Federal Funds - while 35 million Americans live at or below the federal poverty level).

The military build up serves one purpose: the destruction of the objects of our love.

Love is the essence of life. Love is about cherishing the living: plants, animals and humans. Love comes as a gift of life and carries the pledge of thought and action – action to protect the beloved and stop the destruction. Love doesn't see national borders, racial divisions, or social stratifications. If we can’t think and act to protect the innocent Iraqis, Americans, Spaniards, Palestinians, the indigenous people of “Canada”. . .  then, we don't love.

And you don’t have to be a hero to think and act - to be in love!