Posted
on April 3, 2016
I
just discovered WeedOutHate.org. It was created by a Jewish man, Marc
Daniels, whose grandfather had invented a root feeder, an irrigation
tool that allows people to nourish the deepest roots of trees and
shrubs. Daniels himself worked for decades in the green industry and
studied gardening trends and ecological affects of gardening. He's
taken what he knows about gardening and transformed it into an effort
to make modern society more peaceful and loving.
And
he calls it Weed Out Hate.
Daniels's
website talks about inequality, prejudice, bigotry, and hatred as weeds that
can be discovered and pulled up . He talks about kindergarten-age
kids as the “social architects of tomorrow,” and he tries to
reach them with his message about weeding out hate for all
generations.
And
of course he talks about sowing seeds, too – seeds of freedom and
of social justice, of peace and of greatness.
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One great idea for celebrating this day is to pass out seeds with a positive message about peace and tolerance. |
Daniels
looks to people like Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., and
Oskar Schindler for inspiration. As a matter of fact, today's
celebration is on April 3 because it is the anniversary of Martin
Luther King's “Mountaintop” speech. On this date in 1968, King
gave a famous speech that ended with these stirring words:
Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!”
(Aside from the fact that King's speech was amazing, people have thought of it as prophetic; he was assassinated the very next day.)
Other
days that the Weed Out Hate organization honors include Dr. King's
birthday in January and Earth Day, which is later in April. But of
course EVERY day is a good day to weed out hate and sow seeds of
peace!
We've
never needed the message to weed out hate more than this year, with politics bringing
up so many hateful messages that have been blasted all over our
televisions and social media. Remember to look for the candidates who
don't tolerate intolerance, who encourage the best in us, who don't
pander to the worst in us!
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