Give Peace a Prance

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that thewere even watching a program on television the
headline caught my eye at once: Give Peace aother night which was interrupted by a commercial
Prance. Don’t you just love those cleverfor the program we were watching!)
wordplays? I do.Feet are fundamental to experience on this planet.
But then I thought about what it would mean toThey are the basic support for able-bodied
walk in peace, walk as peace, walk for peace, walklocomotion. How are you treating your feet these
by peace, walk over peace, under peace, throughdays? Do you even remember them? Most of us
peace. Pick your preposition. Any one will do.forget all about our feet until something goes wrong
So I asked myself if I truly walk in peace. A lot ofwith them, and yet they are the lowest
the time, I do. Certainly, I always mean to walk in(geographically) servants of our wills. Our feet take
peace. I suppose that I daily have moments where Ius where we want to go.
do not walk in peace. What then? Then I rememberSo, how do you garb yours? Are your shoes
peace, and walk that way again. Until the next time.comfortable, do they fit well, do you like them? Can
So much of life, it seems to me, is the simple task ofyou walk long distances in them? Do they keep you
remembering. Remembering who we are, who wedry? In motion? Do they give you blisters? Are they
are choosing to be, remembering to be conscious,a fashion statement?
even remembering to remember! We haveOr are your shoes a reminder of the path you have
screensavers that remind us, affirmations, post-its,chosen to take in this world? If you’re on the
journals, books, friends, family, co-workers,path of peace, consider The Pyramid Collection’s
newspapers, emails, faxes, day planners, PDAs, morepeace symbol clogs, and give peace a prance.
reminders that we know how to remember! (We