Let there be love in the world, and let it begin with me!

ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY IN ASIA (ACHA)

www.asiapeace.org   &  www.indiapakistanpeace.org

4410 Verda Lane NE, Keizer, OR 97303, USA

asiapeace@comcast.net

Let there be love in the world, and let it begin with me!

February is the month of love. It’s time to give and receive love, and to make peace with people around us.

Let us take this opportunity to look beyond ourselves. Let us transcend our limitations and hesitations. Let us take a chance to attempt to live in peace and harmony with our social and natural environment.

Let us do so, just because, as human being, we are capable of controlling our animal instincts, and being kind, loving, and compassionate to others. Just because, as rational animals, we can rise above our personal needs biases, and work for the welfare of others.

On any day this February, let us dedicate some of our time to make a deliberate effort to infect others with our love of humanity, and with our desire for peace and harmony.

Let us, by our selves, or in small groups, make a deliberate effort to commit acts of kindness, compassion, and love in our families, neighborhoods, work places and towns.

We can forgive someone, who may have wronged us in the past.

Reconcile with a relative or an old friend, with whom we have lost contact.

Help clean or beautify our neighborhood.

Help someone in need.

Thank a parent, spouse, sibling, teacher, or someone else who has done something for our welfare.

Greet people we don’t know with a smile, handshake, a flower, or do something else along the lines of the Free Hugs campaign, which had been conducted a few years ago, at different places around the world, https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=31A99892D5AF7ED9&searc...

While demonstrating our love of others, let us not forget ourselves. Charity should include our own selves also. We can quit smoking or another bad habit, which harms us as well as others, and instead start exercising regularly.

Pritam K. Rohila, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA)

www.asiapeace.org & www.indiapakistanpeace.org

asiapeace@comcast.net