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Peace IS spreading around the world...Creating Peace Project postcards sent to & from

Australia
United Kingdom
Scotland
Ireland
Lithuania
Mexico
Ecuador
Canada
United States
(including Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii)
Germany
France
Italy
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
China
Japan
Israel
Palestine
Hong Kong
Indonesia
New Zealand
Peru
Philippines
Venezuela
Brazil

Peace Notes

Passengers aboard a ship named PEACEBOAT arrived in San Francisco during January 2007. The elderly Japanese travelers obviously understood little English, yet they all turned around when I yelled out "Peaceboat!" Dozens of them smiled from ear to ear when presented with a free Peace Postcard (Signs of Peace), gladly accepting the gift and bowing with gratitude. I pointed to the word HEIWA -- the Japanese word for peace -- and said it aloud only to be received with more enthusiastic smiles. One gentleman kindly wrote out the Japanese script for HEIWA. It was a touching and memorable day, with totally different cultures, unable to speak any other common word, connected on the idea and concept of PEACE.

Another cruise ship stopping in San Francisco for a day included
passengers on a 'round-the-world 4-month journey. One elderly
couple commented that the ship's captain had made an observation that there were 29 nationalities aboard, and everyone was getting along fine. If different cultures aboard a ship can share an enjoyable trip around the world, why do these different cultures have such a difficult time getting along in the real world?

After offering Creating Peace postcards to people from many countries around the world, it is reassuring that most people are welcoming to the idea of peace and enthusiastically accept postcards to send to friends and family. Ninety-nine percent of the time, recipients have made very positive comments.

I met two men visiting from out of town who commented to me about how friendly everyone in San Francisco has been to them, and how great it is to walk around and enjoy the scenery. It turned out they live in Los Angeles where apparently people are not as friendly and everyone drives around in cars, limiting the opportunity for pleasant outdoor walks and random visits with friendly strangers.

Upon offering each of them some free SIGNS OF PEACE postcards, they were thankful and commented: "This is great, but you probably don't have our language on here."

When I asked about their native language, they replied Armenian, adding that their word for peace is very long. Of course, I knew the word was there and gave them a few seconds to locate it. The surprised look on their faces was priceless. All I asked in return was for them to speak the word for me so I could hear it pronounced correctly -- Khaghaghootioon.
Thanks, guys!

I met two women wearing traditional Arabic garments and we talked for awhile. One of the women lives in San Francisco and was hosting a relative visiting from Palestine. They were very happy to receive the SIGNS OF PEACE postcard, and I asked them what is their word for peace...Salam...which they readily pointed out on the card. They gratefully accepted several free cards and the visiting woman agreed to send them to friends in Palestine. We discussed the current difficult situation there, and one of the women pointed out how the USA (and San Francisco) is a much safer and saner place to live without the hostilities and conflicts so evident in her country.

Peace in 47 Languages

card has this phrase:

Whatever your language or culture

Speak your word for "peace"

To create peace on Earth

Peace -- English

K'é -- Navajo
Mir – Czhech/Bulgaria
Mire -- Russian
Fois -- Scottish
Vrede – Dutch/Afrikaan
Fred -- Danish
Frieden -- German
Layeni -- Zapoteca
Wolakota -- Lakota
Kapayapaan -- Philipino
Nyeinjanyei -- Burmese
Ets'a'an Olal -- Mayan
Kiba-Kiba – Rapanui (Easter Island)
Aman -- Urdu
Ashtee -- Farsi
Irini -- Greek
Baké -- Basque
He ping -- Mandarin
Wo ping -- Cantonese
Santipap -- Thai
Phyongh'wa -- Korean
Heiwa -- Japanese
Damai -- Indonesian
Su Thai Binh -- Vietnamese

Paz – Spanish/Portugese
Pace -- Italian
Paco -- Esperanto
Paix -- French
Pasch – Romanch/Switzerland
Patz – Aranes/Spain
Pau -- Catalan
Pax – Latin

Sidi -- Tibetan
Sith -- Gaelic
Sula – Pushtu (Afghanistan)
Sulh -- Persian
Sipala -- Hopi
Salmu -- Akkadian
Salam -- Arabic
Shanti -- Hindi
Shalom -- Hebrew
Sióchain -- Irish
Hasiti -- Kurdish
Hetep -- Egyptian
Qasikay -- Quechua
Khaghaghootioon -- Armenian

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