PRELUDE TO PEACE
AS PEOPLE RETURNED TO THE BUSYNESS OF A NEW WEEK ACROSS THE METRO AREA THIS MORNING, THERE WAS A PECULIAR SENSE OF PEACE BEING WITNESSED ACROSS ALL AGES AND NATIONALITIES. THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE, WHICH SOME ARE REFERRING TO AS A "PEACE REVOLUTION," WAS AS FAR REACHING AS STERLING, VA, LEESBURG, VA AND BETHESDA, MD.
IN SEARCHING FOR AN EXPLANATION, THE ONLY SOURCE THAT NEWS TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PINPOINT IS A SERIES OF WEEKEND CONCERTS CALLED "PRELUDE TO PEACE," OFFERED BY A TRIO OF PIANISTS WHO QUIETLY ARRIVED ON FRIDAY TO STERLING, TYSONS CORNER, AND DOWNTOWN DC. LOUIS LANDON (NEW YORK), DANA CUNNINGHAM (MAINE) AND STANTON LANIER (ATLANTA) HAVE TOUCHED THOUSANDS OF LIVES AROUND THE WORLD WITH THEIR PEACEFUL MELODIES. FRIENDS CLOSE TO THEM SAY THAT THEY CHOSE WASHINGTON DC TO BEGIN A RIPPLE EFFECT OF PEACE AND HOPE THAT WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THIS GREAT LAND AND OVER THE OCEANS, TRANSFORMING LIVES AROUND THE WORLD.
EVERY CONCERT ATTENDEE WAS MOVED IN A VERY REAL AND PERSONAL WAY TO LIVE LIFE MORE IN THE PRESENT, FULLY ALIVE, AND WITH MORE INTENTIONALITY TO SHARE LOVE AND KINDNESS WITH OTHERS. DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS, ONE QUOTE BEST DESCRIBES WHAT SEEMED TO TAKE PLACE, LEADING TO A MORE PEACEFUL AND PEACE-FILLED CITY ON THIS GORGEOUS AUTUMN DAY...
"IT WAS LIKE I WAS RIDING ON HORSEBACK THROUGH THIS ENDLESS FIELD OF GRASS BLOWING IN THE WIND, WITH PRAYERS AND POEMS BEING LIFTED UP ALL AROUND ME, TOWARD A SUNRISE THAT WAS AWAKENING THE DAWN. CAMELOT WAS IN THE DISTANCE...I COULD SEE A BEAUTIFUL CASTLE AND PICTURE CHILDREN RIDING WITH ME. THE SENSE OF JOY, PEACE AND HOPE WAS INDESCRIBABLE. NOT KNOWING WHAT I WOULD SEE AND HEAR, 'PRELUDE TO PEACE' WAS A LEAP OF FAITH FOR ME THAT RESULTED IN A PEACEFUL EVENING FILLED WITH DISCOVERY AND AMAZING GRACE. IT WAS THOUGH MY LIFE FOR A FEW MOMENTS WAS IN IMPROVISATION FOR PEACE, SO PEACEFUL, MINDFUL. WE WERE ALL JUST SAVORING THE MOMENT, LIVING IN THE PRESENT."
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