Is this what you want?

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• What is it that we all want, but know we can't have?
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• What do we crave in the middle of a day overflowing with calls that need attention, things that need doing, places that have to be reached, targets that require completion?
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• What do we all wish for, but absolutely know is unlikely in our lifetime?
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• What do we hope and pray will be a possibility in our children's lifetime?
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• What do we want for ourselves; for our children; for the world?
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• What do we have to do to get this elusive thing?
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• Is it possible to get it?
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• Who's trying?
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• Well...We are!

So, what is it, this elusive thing I talk about?

If we, in our own lives, have five minutes of it, we consider it a blessing, and yet we wish it for the whole world, for all time!

This thing we all want is Peace

(Bare with me, if you've heard me talking of this before,
but we want as many people as possible to join in)

Last month, in the middle of March, when I was saying, "Err, what was that? What did you say?" every time anyone spoke to me (novel writing :-S ), Mimi Lennox started her new Blogblast for Peace campaign. She sent me an email looking for support.

Since the very glimmer of the idea back in October, I've loved the notion! I thought it was, and still think it is, a wonderful idea, of everyone uniting to say that bloggers, at least, want peace in the world.

What is the idea Mimi had that captured my imagination? Well, it's that, on the day, as many bloggers as possible do a post titled

Dona Nobis Pacem

which means 'Grant us Peace', and (if possible) they head the post with a picture of their very own Peaceglobe.

The hope is that, if someone were to do a search for Dona Nobis Pacem posts, there would be lists and lists of them... all the voices of the blogosphere linking together to give one loud shout! And, if they weren't actively seeking this particular title, they would come cross it over and over again, and might just wonder what it's all about....

What a lovely idea...

...the feeling of being part of this harmonious song

...this dawn chorus

...calling for peace.





So far, there has been One official Bloggers' Peace day (the launch: 7th November 2006) and a special follow-up on a very significant day of the year for many (24th December 2006)

Dona Nobis Pacem Day
Peaceglobe Day
Bloggers' Peace Day
Blogblast for Peace Day

are some of the names names I've seen it called. There have been more, but they all refer to the same movement.





Even at the launch, there were a surprising number of participants - more than expected. Mimi hopped around from post to post, reading each one and taking it back to her blog. Blogging folks sent in their globe creations to Mimi, and she gathered them altogether, and handed the task of making a gallery of them to Canadian, Frank Sirriani. These can be seen throughout her blog Mimi Writes, as well as throughout the blogosphere. I nicked the one at the end of this post, in my Heroines and Heroes blog, from Sanni of Coffee to go, another blogger who's been involved since early days.





Already, since Mimi made the announcement in March, many other bloggers (including some visitors to Words that Flow, I see :-) ) have joined the movement, which is fantastic. Well done, all those who've picked up a globe lately - it brings us all one step closer to that dream!!





So, you've had 53 days warning... time to get together a post (you can even do it in advance nowadays) and have fun creating a globe that you want to display. You can also do as I've done, and put them up in your sidebar all year round, to link to Mimi's Peaceglobe blog, so others can join in... and maybe you can start a wave of your own!! :-D

So, if you're interested...

... you find the original globe you can adapt here.

For the 7th November, there was one choice. Now you can choose from four different designs!! Once downloaded onto your computer, play with it, add a picture, a signature or some writing, and then post it in time for 6th June!

(if you have difficulties, contact me on my blog how to link and other stuff, and I'll see if I can help)

I believe that:
"Many little things
done by many little people
will change the face of the world."
(picture on my wall from Oxfam)

Hey, it's worth a try!!

Isn't it?

All this reminds me - I need to get started on mine soon!! :-)

(oh yes, the pictures were all from the reservoir night before last, I said I'd put up... I thought they were ideal for a Peace post ! :-) )
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