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Love is the Solution book

Love is the Solution book by Nasser Zaghi, art by Potenza

(Hardcover Jan. 28, 2008)
Love is the Solution: Peace is Possible contains Zaghi's inspirational and heartfelt message that each of us can overcome the most difficult of challenges to reach a place of understanding, harmony, and ultimately a world filled with love.

Hatred, Violence Wilt When Confronted by Love, by John Smith

The following is an essay written by a young man of seventeen for an essay contest sponsored by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. I was moved by his understanding and compassion; and want to share this and hope you find it equally affecting.


Hatred, Violence Wilt When Confronted With Love
By JOHN D. SMITH
Riverside University High School
From the Jan. 11, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

No matter who you are you have experienced one of many -isms.

Whether it was racism, sexism or ageism, all people have undergone some form of discrimination. How do you combat these prejudices?

Should you retaliate in a heinous act of violence or use brusque language to tell your offender how you feel?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who "fought" for peace, justice and equality. His style of "fighting," however, entailed neither physical violence nor harsh, slanderous language, and yet everything he struggled for he gained.

Dr. King, as well as other civil rights activists, such as Ghandi, believed that the best way to combat the forces of evil was with love.

This belief may seem too vague, or not make sense to a person who thinks inside the box, but to the abstract thinker this simple concept can induce change in not only our communities but also in our nation, and possibly the world.

Ghandi, a civil rights activist who used the power of love to trump the forces of evil, stated the axiom, "Violence only begets violence." This small, but powerful quote is a good explanation of why so much hatred is present today.

Violence, whether physical or verbal, causes retaliation in a similar form and in the end benefits no one.
Love, however, neutralizes hatred and is beneficial for everyone, but this is not always the easier of the two to display. The main reason people choose to be violent or display hatred is because it can produce quick results, whereas love may take 10 times as long to resolve a similar dispute.

Love is more powerful than hatred because it has the propensity to evoke love from the person showing hatred, and as a result making the world a better place.

It has been said that if you don't learn from history it is bound to repeat itself.
At this very time it is repeating itself simply based on the amount of violence and hatred seen ranging from petty bouts to more elaborate and deadly wars. Each can be avoided if the principles that Dr. King and Ghandi used were being applied to the situation. (That is not to say the principles were not applied but to say that you should not give up so easily when applying them).

From violence to many prejudices, hatred is affecting the world in a major way. A well-known song phrase asks the question, "What's love got to do with it?"

My response: everything! Love has the ability to change everything around us. It has the ability to rid people of their stereotypes, and destroy the walls of hatred which box many people in.
It is love which enables us to turn the other cheek when we were wronged, and it is love which can strengthen humanity, opposed to hatred, which cripples it.

In order to make our communities, our nation and even our world a better place, we must first better ourselves. To accomplish this, we must put aside the "eye for an eye" mentality and take up and give love. By doing so we restore the moral cloth that has been eaten away at by the moths of hatred.

Food for Thought

Two dear friends who had known each other for many years, had a serious falling-out over a business transaction. Neither would speak to the other. In fact, one of them heatedly declared that he would "kill" the other. As animosity grew, a mutual friend, concerned about their loss of friendshp insisted that they meet, just for a coffee, and speak nothing of business. He told them about the principles of acceptance and fariness, and asked that they do their best to reconcile. After much resistance to this idea, they both reluctantly agreed, but only to accommodate their mutual friend. All three met for coffee the following week. One of the two former friends began to speak about a business-related matter, but was hushed by the mutual friend who reminded him that there was no business talk allowed. After an hour or so, the three parted. The mutual friend waited a day or so, then called one of the others to see how he felt about the meeting. The friend said, "Yes, something must be working, because before the meeting I wanted to kill him and now I just want to break his legs!"

It's progress. There will be more progress as each of these individuals learns to apply the principles of Love is the Solution.

Welcome To Love is the Solution!

Can You Imagine?

Can you imagine a world where
Love is the solution?

Imagine a world where

Acceptance and Tolerance are a way of living?

Imagine a world where the language is Love?

 Imagine a world where people do their best in every situation?

Imagine a world where people never experience hate?

 

Imagine a world at peace... because Love is the solution!

 

  LOOK AROUND YOU!

If you look around you and watch the news, you will quickly see that now is the time for humanity to listen carefully to the message of LOVE. The world seems to be increasingly filled with hate, war, injustice, brutality, anger, and revenge. It would be a challenge to find a corner of the world that is blessed with tranquility. This is not a situation that should be described as normal, nor can we continue this way much longer.

My name is Nasser Zaghi and I believe that Love is the Solution to all the difficulties that surround us. Difficulties are a part of life; there is no way to avoid them. It is our responsibility to respond to them in a way that brings peace to our world, to our community, and to ourselves. I have developed three basic principles to guide you in meeting each difficult opportunity with love and peace:

• 1. It is every person's responsibility to meet life's challenges with an attitude of loving acceptance.
• 2. Each person must act with a commitment to fairness.
• 3. Everyone must be dedicated to doing one's best in every way.

Love is the Solution is about how to bring peace to the world and happiness to individuals,
and not about what to do.

Love is the Solution is the "matchmaker" for peace in the world and individual happiness.

When the power of love is greater than the love of power, the world will be a better place.

Love is the solution!