Our poor old world lurches from crisis to crisis:
Ebola. Ferguson. Syria. ISIS.
So New Year’s most welcome. Let’s start again
With peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
Putin and Ukraine; a nuclear Iran.
We can’t even get out of Afghanistan.
Yet no matter the weapons our enemies deploy
We may sow in tears but we will yet reap in joy.
Our society’s gone crazy, our world’s out of whack
When the police who protect us are under attack.
And yet thousands of years ago, the wise would intuit
Turn from evil. Do good. Seek peace and pursue it.
Authors write books that make the world better
But …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
