We are the guests, not the kings of this place \u2014
\nfeet on borrowed soil,
\nlungs filled by someone else\u2019s trees,
\ndrinking light filtered through kindness
\nwe did not invent.<\/p>\n
We are the guests \u2014
\nand the hosts, if we choose to be.<\/p>\n
We set the table with gentleness.
\nWe pass the bread of understanding.
\nWe pour the wine of truth \u2014
\neven when it tastes bitter.<\/p>\n
We do not fear conflict \u2014
\nwe learn its language.
\nWe do not punish pain \u2014
\nwe make space for it to speak.<\/p>\n
When a child weeps,
\nwe kneel, not scold.
\nWhen a friend rages,
\nwe listen, not fix.<\/p>\n
We plant not for profit,
\nbut for the bees.
\nWe build not for power,
\nbut for shade.<\/p>\n
The Earth is not a prize.
\nIt is a pulse.
\nAnd we,
\nif we are wise,
\nkeep time with it.<\/p>\n
Peace is not a treaty,
\nnot an anthem,
\nnot a day off.<\/p>\n
It is a way of walking.
\nA way of teaching.
\nA way of remembering
\nwe belong to each other
\nand to everything.<\/p>\n
So we breathe.
\nWe bow.
\nWe begin again.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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