Remembrance Day Thoughts

November 11th is Remembrance Day here in Canada, and as it approaches, I'm finding myself somewhat emotional.  I'm thinking of the Great Poem, In Flander's Fields.  I remember it being read through the PA system of my Elementary School as school was dismissed the day before Remembrance Day.  It's an emotional poem to this day. 

As I get older though, I think more about peace, and realize that I am a Pacifist.  And so this morning as I drove myself to work, I found myself humming John Lennon's great lyrics:

Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism
Isn't it the most
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
Ministers, Sinisters, Banisters and canisters,
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, Evolution, Mastication, Flagelolation, Regulations.
Integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Oh Let's stick to it
Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bob Dylan,
Tommy Cooper, Derek Tayor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Praying for Peace, On Vancouver Island