Destruction.....

A fragile cease fire is holding in Israel and Lebanon. Let us fervently hope that it will continue. The pictures from Lebanon and from Northern Israel are devastating! What terrible destruction! Modern weaponry has been used to blow apart buildings, tear up infrastructure, kill many people. We can build terrible bombs and weapons which destroy, but are we any closer to understanding the path to peace and love? How many billions of dollars have been spent on destruction in this war? Can we humans not find a way to put these resources to constructive causes? Friends say that we must be optimistic, not pessimistic. It is hard to be optimistic when one sees the terrible destruction wrought by those in the world who have power and money. But we must be! And we must ever work for peace and understanding in whatever small ways we can.