Jayne Jaskolski Consulting

“In this world, hate never dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible.” ~The Buddha

“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as One.” ~John Lennon

“It is love alone that leads to right action. What brings order in the world is to love and let love do what it will.” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti

“When we see God in each other we will be able to live in peace.” ~Mother Teresa

“Peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” -Martin Luther King Jr

“If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” -Archbishop Tutu

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.” ~Albert Einstein

“Courageous people do not fear forgiving for the sake of peace.” -Nelson Mandela

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
~Mahatma Gandhi

“The more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war.” ~Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

“The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.” ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Peace is the only battle worth waging.”
~Albert Camus

“Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding.”
- Albert Einstein

“Peace, like war, must be waged.”
- George Clooney

“Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two… The duty of a human being is to diminish hatred and to promote love.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliché that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.”
- John Lennon

“You have heard that it was said, “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also… Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you so that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” ~Jesus

“Love courses through everything. No, love is everything. How can you say, there is no love, when nothing but love exists? All that you see has appeared because of love. All shines from love, All pulses from love, All flows from love– No, once again, All is love!” ~Fakhruddin ‘Iraqi

“Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, ‘Grow, grow.’ ” ~The Talmud

“See simplicity in the complicated, seek greatness in small things. In the Universe, the difficult things are done ss if they were easy.” ~Lao Tsu

“Peace is always beautiful.”
- Walt Whitman

SPIRITUAL WISDOM: Recognizing the Sacred in Our World
https://creativesystemsthinking.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/spiritual-wisdom-recognizing-the-sacred-in-our-world/

February 2021: Do you still find yourself saying “Be careful!” when you’re outdoors with young children? We do it, too. Here’s a great reminder of some of the things you can say instead: https://bit.ly/3kf9SEX

Image and blog post from Child and Nature Alliance of Canada

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The Three R's of Education - and Play
1. Relationship
2. Relationship
3. Relationship

• The first great literacy (body of knowledge - you can read it, understand and participate) is People Literacy because we are a social species. For that, our kids look to us for models on getting along with people harmoniously. It's all about relationship.
• The second great literacy (body of knowledge - you can read, understand and participate) is Earth Literacy (eco-literacy) because we are Earthlings. For that, our kids need lots of time in nature. They look to us for models on getting along with the natural world harmoniously. It's all about relationship.
• The third great literacy (body of knowledge - you can read, understand and participate) are the cultural literacies of story, music, dance, reading, writing, number .... Our children look to us as models of people who love story, music, dance etc. It's all about relationship.

The genius of play is that it is the genetically encoded method for becoming literate in all three of the great human literacies. Play is all about relationship.