Wars Start and End With Words Not Guns

Words Are Mightier Than Guns. Wars start with words and end with words. Cut out the middlemen, and you don’t need their guns.

Malala Yousefzai was shot in the face by terrorists for standing up for a girl’s right to an education. Using the power of the tongue she continues her non-violent battle and the ears of the world are listening.

Humans have the unique ability to communicate through the spoken word, and if we used this gift for positive results, we could work magic. But when we use guns instead of words, it ends in violence.

Violence doesn’t solve violence. Kind words make violence vanish.

The war on terror has continued despite many bullets being exchanged. When we have an open mind and are willing to accept change, we share new ideas to solve new and old problems.

Our ability to communicate instantly on-line intensifies the clash between ancient cultures with long standing traditions and beliefs and the modern world. Change is difficult, but the upshot is that the conversation is pulling us into a global society.

Global Citizens Unite!

Dialogue brings joint solutions, and expands understanding. Words have the power to make us feel, see, and act. Words influence our thoughts. Human beings all have the same basic needs and all want the same things. There is enough for everyone. We don’t need to kill each other to get what we need. Love is the universal language. Love for our country, love for our family. We need to find the right words to express our needs and coexist.

Guns lead to more deaths, both accidental and intentional.

250 years ago the right to bear arms enabled citizens to assemble the militia using Colonial American pistols.
But things have changed.

Global citizens can connect in a heartbeat in a world wide on-line potluck and work out how to live in peace. If peace
is what they want.
Living In Peace.
Guns don’t create peace, they destroy it.
Our minds are infinitely more powerful than guns. Solutions come from educating ourselves on how to get along despite our differences. Conversations lay out the plans for peace.

If we join Malala's fight for the right to an education for everyone, the right to own a gun will be insignificant. With increased opportunity for the 99 percent, violence will decrease. They will negotiate with words.

Silence is also a powerful way to communicate. It means our ears are open to listening.

If we listen to what other cultures are saying, and adapt, we may make some new friends who are different from us.
Sometimes when we don’t know the answer, we simply need to ask the right questions:

Can global citizens have the right to a basic education?
Can the have nots have an opportunity to become the haves?
Can the rights of the 99% be as important as the rights of the 1%?
(*Tony Robbins said anyone who earns $30,000 and up a year worldwide is in the top 1% of wage earners).

With our words, we can achieve everything. We send our words out into the world in sound waves that have a ripple effect. The energy field of words is stronger than a spray of bullets, because words hover in the air that the whole world breathes, and are heard in our ears and our minds.

Andy Warhol wrote these words in the global sandbox:

"I think Everybody Should Like Everybody"

What words do you have to say?

(previously published on Medium.com)