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As-Salamu Alaykum - Its Time

I like the blue hue of this photo. For some strange reason, I always find blue calming. Perhaps its the blue calm of the ocean or maybe its because of the famous blue helmets policing peace that I see on the telly all the time, or maybe because of what Felix Gonzalez Torres said about blue "For me, if a beautiful memory would have a colour, that colour would be light blue". Peace be upon you, I have always found this greeting very soothing and often said it with great sincerity when I traveled in the middle east. There is a certain "blue" quality to it. Peace is truly the best gift that you can bestow on a friend; Peace of mind and peace at heart. Modern/Western society seems to have forgotten the importance of wishing well upon the people we meet. "Hi" followed by a "How are you" just doesn't really quite cut it for me, compared to a wish of peace. It is important for humanity to have peace, especially peace within, for it is the turmoils within each and every one of us that collectively results in the destruction that we witness in the world today. Just like the headlines in today's papers that screamed out "Istanbul hit by bombs", blast were the deadliest in Turkey since 2003. Anybody who has been to Turkey will know how friendly and warm a people they are, totally undeserving of this monstrous attack.

"It claimed 17 lives, including that of a 12-year old girl who was hit in the heart by a piece of shrapnel as she stood watching from her fourth storey balcony..."

A little girl, in the heart. I think its time for peace.