Today was the 100th anniversary concert of the Peace Union of Finland in the old Opera house in Helsinki. The program contained great performances by some well know Finnish artists like Maarit Hurmerinta, Tommy Taberman and Samuli Putro.It was a warm hearted event but why is it that the house was less than half full? It seems that most people are less and less interested in contributing for peace and more and more interested only in themselves and their close surroundings. But that's all. And yet we know from the history that this kind of ignorance invites conflict and violence for sure.
I know however, that complaining helps nobody. It is our shared responsibility to open up to people. We ourselves have to change! I myself have to change! We have to show through our own determined and brave actions that promoting peace is not for nothing, it is an urgent issue and it is even trendy. We also have to learn to promote peace more effectively and organized manner. It has been said that evil is very good at organizing itself. The peace movement have to learn to be even more organized!
