Love, Peace & Peonies

Happy June 1st, my friends! It seems so unreal that it is already June.

I’m sure that most all of you have seen what is going on in the world around us lately, either in person or on the news. I have had so many thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head about it all, and am at a loss for words, so I thought I’d share a quote that is so powerful to me.

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate…Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” -Martin Luther King Jr.