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Give Peace a Chance, Embrace a Daring Message

2015 October 10
by Mike Vial

This week, the Ark theater and Chris Buhalis hosted the 8th annual John Lennon Birthday show. All proceeds were donated to the Vets for Peace scholarship fund, and what a great night it was.

I sang, “In My Life” accompanied by my Michigan-made Heritage 555: “There are places I remember…though some have changed.”

One of the volunteers from Vets for Peace read a quote from Billy Corgan reflecting about John Lennon’s legacy, how he was one of the first pop stars to focus on a message of peace, how that might be his surviving legacy.

(I couldn’t find the exact quote, but check out this intense reflection about Lennon via Musicradar.)

It’s easy to think of a discussion of peace as flowery, naive, and unrealistic; but examining Lennon’s complex arc of his career, his challenge for us to imagine a different world was daring.

Everyone is going to leave a legacy, small or large, lasting for one generation or many. The people we meet, the communities we engage, the families we have–all of us leave footprint on this earth. We must accept the fact that there will be an arc to our lives, too.

During your arc, will you embrace a daring message? What will your message be?

 

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