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What does it mean?
Peace fails when people forget their shared humanity and connection.
In plain terms
Peace comes from remembering we belong together.
What can you take from it?
Remember our shared humanity.

Where it applies

  • conflict resolution
  • community building
  • personal reflection

Putting it to work

  • volunteer
  • listen deeply
  • find common ground

Questions to consider

  • Who do you feel connected to right now?
  • What breaks your sense of belonging?

Another view

Peace also requires structural changes beyond personal awareness.

More from Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhi)

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  2. If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

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  3. I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?

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