Americas Generation of Peacemakers are dying Breed
Yesterday, the wife and I were talking about the shootings in Dallas and she said something that got me to thinking and something that had never occurred to me. She mentioned how our generation and the generation before us used to exercise the art of peacemaking. She remarked that those of us who sought peace first would always be the first responders to any crisis and begin immediately to look for a peaceful solution to the issue. We never waited until it was too far gone and we never stopped to pose for a picture or camera while doing it. She mentioned how we would always try to find the common ground before racing toward the high ground. She then said something that made me sit up in my chair; she asked if possibly our generation and those before who sought peace first was a dying breed. I got to thinking more and more about what she asked and this morning came to a conclusion. Many of us who had and have children wanted to raise them to quest...