A legend of the ancient Greece narrates a runner named Pheidippides ran from Marathon of the city-state of Athens, a distance of about 25 km, to announce the defeat of the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Unfortunately after delivering his message of hope, fell in and died of exhaustion. Messengers of similar ancient Greeks were highly esteemed by their resistance, courage and strength of character in the performance of vital messages from one place to another in times of war and in times of peace.
Another former messenger is the Angel Gabriel who is said to be a Messenger of God in many religions Abrahamic faith Christian to Islamic members of the Bahai. Angel Gabriel appeared several times in several books of the Bible, but is probably best known for its message announcing the birth of the baby Jesus, the Prince of peace.
In more modern times, Paul Revere was a famous Messenger in American history which, through his legendary nocturnal excursion, has warned Patriots invading British forces. The common denominator among all these messengers of history is the message: peace.
United Nations (UN) recognized today, influential people from a variety of fields who have agreed to focus on the UN peace initiatives through volunteering of your time, talent and media connections. These individuals help raise awareness of the objectives of peace proposed by the UN, aiming to worthy of greater world peace. Twelve people received this honor at the same time and the group is currently composed of the Princess Hague Bint Al Hussein, Daniel Barenboim, Paulo Coelho, George Clooney, Michael Douglas, Jane Goodall, Midori Goto, Yo-Yo Ma, Wangari Maathai (recently deceased), Charlize Theron, Eli Wiesel, and Stevie Wonder. These powerful emissaries are called messengers of peace.
History shows that the world has been and will remain in shock as the forces of greed, anger, envy and fear consume us. These negative forces are hyper activity today as evidenced by gravity and repeated recurrence of political, economic, and environmental crises around the world. No nation is intact. In the midst of all this chaos, it is difficult to feel peace, but in these arduous and difficult times, inner peace is the only thing that will hold us.
Each of us can be a Messenger of peace in our own way. We can start by making a conscious choice to live a virtuous life following the 8 virtues. Choose to be a positive influence on the children of the millennial generation. Find a child, a group of children, or participate in a worthy cause. Give of their time, talent and resources. Opening his mouth and share the message of peace. There is no more time than now to start to spread the message of peace.
Like Pheidippides or Paul Revere or many others, a woman or a man or a child can make a difference in the life of another. By sharing your personal message of peace today, however small or seemingly insignificant, can curl around the world to affect hundreds or even thousands. Participate in the cause of peace. Be part of something bigger than yourself. Become a Messenger of peace. Start now!
Dr R Alan Seamons believes that you can not teach information that you do not know or behavior of train that do not possess. Its development of secondary character-building program is designed to instill basic virtues in the minds and hearts of children and young people around the world, with the intention of promoting peace. It challenges adults to intensify the obligation to feed to the new generation to involve on a daily basis.
Visit http://childofvirtue.com to download free copies of manual of the student child of virtue and sample Curriculum which includes a lesson in each of the 11 modules in the 8 virtues program.