The world needs peace and love more than ever today.

 

The world needs peace and love more than ever today.

Every day we hear of wars and disputes among the nations.

A lack of communication leads to disagreements and war breaks out.

I am of the view that when we have inner peace, only then can we live in peace with other people.

When we live peacefully with one another in our families, with our neighbours, in our cities, and in our society, then can we transmit peace to neighbouring countries and beyond.

It is not possible to change everything in the world, but if our hearts and minds are focused on peaceful things we will achieve peace around us.

A spiritual leader said that world peace starts with the individual finding personal peace: “The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there, it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community, and so on.” 

We can achieve inner peace by spending time with nature, meditating, giving thanks, and taking responsibility for our actions.

Never let mistakes discourage you. Declutter your mind and your space. Be content whatever your situation. Never give up, and most of all love yourself.

I thank Princess Lovelyn P. Eyo,  for her brilliant Foreword. She touched on every salient point and conveyed the true message of the title of this Anthology. I also thank Muhammad Shanazar, Special Representative Ambassador, International Human Rights Observer, United Nations, and Member of Amnesty International UK at Secretary General World Institute for Peace, Nigeria, for his fabulous medley of peace poems.

I  thank every Ambassador of the How to Write for Success Literary Network and the 80 participating members of this worthy Anthology, PEACE BEGINS WITH US.

Last, but not least, I thank the Editor, Florabelle Lutchman, one of HTWFSLN's Ambassadors, for editing the manuscript.

Here is my poem:

PEACE BEGINS AT HOME

If humans recognize that God is our Father

We should consider each one a sister or brother.

We must respect all humans as members of one family.

And live with one another in peace and harmony.

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Strife in the family began in the days of Adam and Eve.

Cain killed his brother Abel because of greed.

Fighting within families for property and money,

Has always been a problem in the homes of many.

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World peace cannot be achieved if there’s always strife.

Peace must begin at home and in your own life.

Lives are more valuable than material gain.

From harming and demeaning others, please abstain.

      @Brenda Mohammed

BIO: Brenda Mohammed, Founder of the How to Write for Success Literary Network and a former Bank Manager from Trinidad, is a renowned, multi-award-winning, and bestselling author who has published 56 books. Her genres are memoirs, romance, science fiction, mysteries, psychological thriller, children’s books, Christian books, poetry, and self-help.

Brenda is also President of CIESART, Trinidad and Tobago with headquarters in Spain.

and

President, UHE, Trinidad and Tobago

Her superb writing skills won her several literary awards in the USA, Peru, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Nigeria, India, Romania, Argentina, Morocco, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Barcelona, France, Switzerland, Italy, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, and the UK. She made headlines in several newspapers around the world.

You can purchase the Anthology at Amazon. CLICK HERE

BREAKING NEWS - 91 BESTSELLING COAUTHORS RAISE THEIR VOICES AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

 

 How to Write for Success Literary Network, a non-profit entity,  founded by  Brenda Mohammed from Trinidad and Tobago, best-selling and award-winning author of 37 books, has published Volume 2 of  Break the Silence, an anthology of poems against Domestic Violence. The first issue of this anthology was published in March 2020. 

From the feedback we received, it brought relief to many victims of domestic violence. With the onslaught of Covid 19 and the extended lockdowns, Domestic Violence has started to rise again. 

BREAK THE SILENCE VOLUME 2 is the work of 91 International poets of the How to Write for Success Literary Network. Together they have used their pens to raise their voices against Domestic Violence.

The Foreword was written by Brenda Mohammed, the Introduction by Florabelle Lutchman, and the Acknowledgement by Shanita Vichare. One of the poets, Mary L Schmidt gave an inspiring interview about her experience with domestic violence.

We believe that persons in abusive situations must speak out against this menace in our society, and as writers, we will support them.
Together we can break the Silence and give Domestic Violence a Voice.

The Kindle Version of the book is free to download on all Amazon stores worldwide. It is also available in paperback at Amazon's nominal cost of US$8.00.

This book is worth reading by all victims of domestic violence, and even by abusers.