"Peace Pilgrim" Walks 28 Years For World Peace

This is Peace Pilgrim, and she walked 28 years for world peace.
She walked until given shelter and fasted until given food. She didn’t ask for these things, they had to be freely given. She just walked on the faith that her needs would be met, and took a vow to keep walking until humanity learned the way of peace.

She says that inner peace creates outer peace, and that in order for the world to become peaceful, people must become peaceful…
however it always comes back to the thing so many of us wish to avoid: working to improve ourselves.
She says that “If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. Negative thoughts are like junk food, and they can make you physically ill. Peace pilgrim said she doesn’t eat junk foods and she doesn’t think junk thoughts!

Peace Pilgrim was just one small person doing what she could to help the world, but even if you’re just one small person, there are so many little things that could be done.

Just like the birds, she’d migrate north in the summer and south in the winter so that there was more people outside to talk to.

She survived bitter cold nights. When no shelter was available, sometimes she’d just walk all night long to stay warm. One of her favourite places to sleep was on a haystack on a clear night, with the stars as her blanket. And although she was a pilgrim 28 years, she said she never felt lonely, because she lived in the constant awareness of God’s presence.

She felt unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens, so she travelled light carrying a map, comb, toothbrush and pen. She says that when you have spiritual security, you don’t feel the need for material security.

She claims the spiritual life is the real life; and all else is illusion.
She says the way to peace is to give up the part of us that gets frustrated when things don’t go our way and remind ourselves that all problems can be solved with the proper attitude.

She taught that no problem ever comes to you that does not have a purpose in your life.
Problems are wonderful opportunities for inner growth, and the greater the difficulty the greater the opportunity for growth.
One time she was thrown in prison for not having any ID.
She walked in with a big smile, excited to be of service in some way. She says that if you want to make friends, you have to be friendly, so she talked to her cellmates about inner peace, she helped them make peace with the jail guard they were quarrelling with, and even got them to join her in singing songs. To top it all off, she smiled sweetly for her mugshot.
She turned a bad thing into a good thing, because she put first things first, and decided to keep her inner peace, and serve and uplift those around her. She says most people fail at inner peace, simply because they never try.
What are the best possible outcomes for our own lives, if we live with a Peace Pilgrim attitude?

If we want peace in the world, we must realize that one of the causes of war is the popularity of the idea that “hate is a good thing”.

Peace Pilgrim walked 28 years to promote world peace, and one of the things that concerned her was to see small children watching TV and seeing the hero shoot the villain. She says it teaches children to believe hating people and shooting them is heroic, because the hero did it, it worked, and the hero was even celebrated for it.

She hopes society will mature, and show that if you want to be a hero, you have to help people instead. Think of the movie the Grinch for example, and how the inhabitants of Whoville inspired the Grinch to have a heart change, so that he wanted to be helpful, instead of hateful.

Peace Pilgrim says everyone has a spark of good - even the meanest, scariest person. And if instead of hating them, we give them love, we might reach that spark… and help it grow.

For peace in the world, hatred must be replaced by love, and fear must be replaced by the faith love will prevail.

SOURCES:
- Wisdom applied from Peace Pilgrim's book, the book about Peace Pilgrim authored by Mary Brennan, and Peace Pilgrims You Tube Interviews.
- Made using my personal wildlife footage from nature walks in Ontario Canada

Видео "Peace Pilgrim" Walks 28 Years For World Peace канала Brendan J. Fox