What can we do...?

In the face of yet more horror in our global-village-world the question so often is: "What can we do to change anything?" It is easy to be sickened, disheartened and simply block it all out - especially here in beautiful, tranquil New Zealand. I find myself wanting to do just that. But I am reminded today of two seemingly random and disconnected things:

First The Butterfly Effect 

In simple terms this says that even the flapping of a butterfly wing makes a difference to weather patterns a world away.(Click here for a Wikipedia explanation in scientific terms!)

And then...

A quote from Lao Tzu (died 531BC):

“If there is to be peace in the world,

There must be peace in the nations.

If there is to be peace in the nations,

There must be peace in the cities.

If there is to be peace in the cities,

There must be peace between neighbors.

If there is to be peace between neighbors,

There must be peace in the home.

If there is to be peace in the home,

There must be peace in the heart.”

Maybe we can each make some "wing-flaps" of peace by seriously starting from the bottom of LaoTzu's quote and working our way up as far as we can.