One Word: LOVE! How should we create and maintain that LOVE? With PEACE! I created this profile with the intentions of facilitating peaceful change in this world. Many people and organizations have great intentions, and with their LOVE they try to create PEACE, but in attempting to do so, they miss their OWN point: That in order to create PEACE, you have to be PEACEFUL! People protest human and animal abuses, screaming WE WANT PEACE, yet they are unable to give it to themselves... What is wrong with this? You CANT create PEACE with VIOLENCE! So how can you help acheive peace, and help stop a war on the other side of the world through acts of hostility? Through screaming and sending out angry, hostile vibrations? You CANT! You NEED to become that PEACE! Ghandi had it right when he said *Be The Change You Wish To See!* This is not to say, that there is never a time to be angry, or express that, because it is important to communicate and express those feelings, BUT the important thing is learning to TRANSFORM that ANGER into CREATIVITY~! Instead of joining and angry screaming crowd, how about sitting down in protest, meditating, and making a statement with silence. (with information available to read) Or going on a hunger-strike (its good for getting media attention and for most people its GREAT for their body and immune system to have a rest, and release energy, usually used to digest. How about doing performance art? Write a song! Write a book! Create a whole show! Get active in your local community. Hold potlucks at your house with wonderful ORGANIC veggie food! Learn about proper nutrition to keep yourself healthy and strong! Meditate! Its SO important to give your mind a rest! For those of us who are passionate about different causes out there, we need a break from letting our mind race, and our heart worry. Sink into silence, and free your thoughts, and fade into Divine Consciousness. (whether that means communication with a deity, or just the simple relaxation of inner silence!) It all comes back to creating PEACE! Peace within, Peace Without! It all starts with you! I am an ardent animal lover, so that is why I chose to become a vegan. I first went vegetarian, because I was overweight, and depressed, and then I learned about how healthy I could be, and how much I could change the world being vegan, so I followed that path.