Peace: An Attempt

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, health, peace, and blessings. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect. 

     The historic meeting between North Korea and the United States is set to happen soon. However, this meeting for peace is being scarred, when we hear of demands comments from his view, and of course this leads to a U.S. response. While peace talks between nations should be viewed as historic defining moments, the desire to want peace, and to take actions for peace must also be taken freely. In a sense what I am saying is that you have to have a wanting for peace. Talks of not holding the meeting, delaying, or comments from either side, creates an uneasiness for the wanting of peace. It makes me wonder it peace is something that the North Korean leader truly desires.  

     Peace begins with peaceful talks, and after that it becomes a process. It has to be maintained, exchanges, built through relational endeavours. Peace talks are one attempt towards peace, it is a beginning. It is an attempt for peace. It is not a destination, but rather a journey for the beginning of peaceful relations. It takes effort, human, and capital investment. And it does / will take both sides to engage in agreements, efforts to build this relational peace. It might even mean that the international community work together so that this  attempt for peace can happen, and can also be maintained. 

Update:
Since writing these words, today President Trump announced that the scheduled meeting with Kim Jong-Un has been cancelled. I would also like to echo the words of the letter that was sent to the North Korean leader. It is a sad day for diplomacy, democracy, and for peace builders. However, as I wrote earlier, peace is an invitation, a joint effort from all the parties involved, it should not be used as a bargaining agent, or a mechanism to exploit. This is the right decision at this time. I also hope that the North Korean leader will remain open to the idea of peace talks, but also having thought through what the idea of peace entails as well. 

Further Reading:
CNN News: Fate of Trump-Kim meeting uncertain, but there will always be a coin

NY Times: Trump Backs Away From Demand for Immediate North Korean Denuclearization

​My thoughts to share with love & kindness! :) 
Notes: These thoughts were originally hand-written on May 24th, 2018.
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