Making peace stronger

Making Peace stronger requires more than can be done by Charities or even by major organisations such as the United Nations (UNO).

In spite of their valuable work modern violence has global costs and inhumane impacts that challenge our optimism, our faiths and our hopes.


Optimism, after all, does not resolve conflicts.


Faith does not break cycles of violence and revenge.

Hope is a wish that lacks a practical plan.


It's Action that's needed.



But here is no higher human authority with the capacity to step in.

Fortunately, there's a lot we can do ourselves to build and share peace.

Who can do more? 

First, we absolutely can make peace stronger.

World Peace is not easy to make; more on that later.

But over time we can make peace grow from our small beginnings.

So start small. Just look around yourself.

Be alert for small problems. Try to resolve some of them before they lead to angry arguments and sour disagreements.

That approach works well in schools, remarkably well in ones that train their young pupils as school-time mediators.

It also works for almost everyone at the start of their independent life, as their mother mediates the intense stresses experienced by her newborn child.

Ideas in modern neuroscience suggest that such care may be the physical origin of peace and a practical way to grow a greater peace.

Everyday vigilance and helpfulness among friends and communities will, meanwhile, leave fewer problems in later need of scarce and more costly help.