Flag raising program
11 A  
Subject: Peace and love
Group Director: Jorge Rodriguez
Date: Friday 21 st September of 2007

Good morning, today's flag raising is about PEACE AND LOVE. We are in September, the month of love and friendship, and today, September the 21 st we are celebrating the international day of peace.

Many of you might have wondered what love means, maybe you have even tried o define it, but it is not an easy duty.

LOVE: One simple word, one complex feeling, and it has so many meanings. Some times you might hear people saying that love is the most wonderful feeling they consider themselves lucky as they have met the person of their dreams. They enjoy each second with that “someone”, take advantage of each opportunity they share with their soul mate, feeling the happiest person in the whole world. But, are they right­? In other cases you can hear people feeling miserable, saying that love is a risk, and it certainly is you must be a hero in order to dare to love. They are tired of suffering and facing the consequences it brings sometimes. So, who can we believe?

People must know how to love, love is an art and we must find the way of expressing our feelings but at the same time controlling them. It is a complete contradiction. You must follow your feelings, but also be rational; you must not repress your emotions, but should not release them at all. Anyone who thinks he or she is an expert in love is mistaken. This is just an ideal concept.

As Leo Buscaglia says in one of his poems:

“Perfect love is rare indeed-

For to be a lover will require

That you continually have

The subtlety of the very wise,

The flexibility of the child,

The sensitivity of the artist,

The understanding of the philosopher,

The acceptance of the saint,

The tolerance of the scholar and

The fortitude of the certain.”

Everyone is capable of loving, but you must know how to manage it. Anyway it is better to be brave, and try to love, become crazy at least for once.

If we know how to love, we can help the others, we can start changing the world. Take into account what Muhadma Ghandi once said: “You must be the change, you wish to see in the world” For us to improve it is very important to help. If each one of us believed that if one more person acted correctly, if just one more person loved the others sincerely, only ONE MORE PERSON helping the world, there would be a CHANGE! Remember that PEACE IS NOT JUST THE ABSENCE OF WAR and hate is not the opposite of love, it is indifference. If we want to change the future, we must help! We must ACT! We must be ambitious in the well sense of the word. Let's honor today's day and think about the following writing:

Wealth without Conscience

Pleasure without Humanity

Knowledge without Character

Politics without Principle

Commerce without Morality

Worship without Sacrifice

It's like peace without action!!!