ALL PEOPLE, ALL THE TIME, NO EXCEPTIONS If we were required to state one theme that World Oceans Arts and I would raise on our banner for 2019, I think it would be Respect for the Dignity of All People. Most organized religions on our planet proclaim that the Supreme Being(s) will always insist that people choose kindness over cruelty, life over death, respect over mockery, help over dismissal, generosity over selfishness, peace over violence. Even most people who claim to have no spiritual beliefs would echo these choices, at least in theory. Unfortunately, we as a world society often forget these choices and exhibit the wrong behavior towards one another. As I heard Greg Cole state recently, non-violence must be an action of both the body and the soul or spirit. We cannot proclaim to love others if our physical actions proclaim hatred. We cannot truly exhibit physical respect for others if, in our minds, we allow ourselves to hate them eno
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