Knowledge

I have often wondered why some of us who claim to be activists for peace stay on for so long in the toxic peace-destroying anger zone. Mind you, there is nothing wrong with getting angry; but staying angry – that is something else. The energy from anger, however ‘righteous’, is not nourishing or energizing for peace work. It makes us take stands ‘against’ instead of ‘for’. At times it may be a good starting point – if it guides us to work for peace. But it does become hard to disengage, to let go of all that when we need to – and sadly, chronically angry peacemakers only raise the energy for a peace-less world.