Blog 4 Peace -- 7 -- Dona Nobis Pacem -- Grant Us Peace

Today I'm joining with Mimi Lenox and a world of Peace Bloggers as we put our thirst for Peace into the Universe.

This piece is from Vivaldi's Gloria, which my choir is singing at the end of the month. Vivaldi's Gloria is one of my favorite works, and as an alto I love this piece in particular.

On Dona Nobis Pacem day, Vivaldi's work sends out this wish:

"Lamb of God

You who take away the sins of the world

Grant us peace"

I'd like to take a moment to address this wish, sent out into the Universe.

Wishes are a good starting point. You can't get anywhere without wishing for something. Whether you wish you could write a book, or visit a place you've always longed to see, if you don't start by hoping for it, where will you be?

You'll be in the same place you're in now.

The Blog 4 Peace movement asks us to take our wishes a little further than that. On Blog 4 Peace Day, we're asked to fill social media with our hopes for peace, in order to further the worldwide conversation towards peace.

What will that do? you may ask. Just a bunch of bloggers and Facebookers, Twitter users and Pinterest pinners posting about peace.

Well, if you think about Amazon and its algorithms, when a book goes on sale and a good number of people all purchase it on the same day, that activity drives the book higher onto Top 100 or even Top 10 lists. Amazon then starts promoting the book to readers who have bought similar books. Success builds on success.

If we all continue to blog for peace every year on Nov. 4th, if we send out Facebook posts, tweet about peace and pin peace to our Pinterest boards, we will collectively push our wishes and hopes for peace into the Universe's Top 10 algorithm.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.  

Thanks to the National Chamber Choir of Armenia for such a rich interpretation.

Make a Wish Meme

The Teach tagged me with this meme way back in March, and I vowed I would figure out how to do the graphics so I could do this meme. Then I got tagged by Mimi Lennox for the Message in a Bottle Meme, and I persisted until I did my meme.

Now I'm ready for my second graphics meme! Here's how to do it:

1. Think about what it is that you want more than anything, what your heart's desire and fondest wish is, and what it is that you would wish for if you were to see the above wishing star flame across the night sky.

2. Right click and SAVE the blank graphic below.
















3. Use a graphics program of your choice and place your wish on the picture.

4. Post the Make A Wish Meme and your wishing star on your blog along with these rules.

5. Tag as many people as you like so that there can be wishing stars all across the Blogosphere and ask them to please link back to Linda at Are We There Yet so that she can see what wishes others have made and share those wishes with others.

Here is my wish:


















Now - who to tag?

Sandee at Comedy Plus
Sans Pantaloons
Thomma Lyn

Happy wishing!