P.s. from the last post
Today I had the honor of speaking with Rosie Olson and Karen Johnson, live on Blog Talk Radio. 
Rosie is the host, and her warm personality made me feel as though we were friends in the same room. This helped with my initial shyness, although the program aired live and captures a lot of my “ohs, ums, and ahs.”
Because it was more like a conversation than an interview, I didn’t say a lot of things I wish I had. About how wonderful and generous everyone has been. See, I felt shy about going on and on about me.
It was really an honor to speak with two insightful, experienced women and I wish Karen Johnson had spoken more, as she lives what I’m on the road doing. She is a wise woman, the MidWest Regional Coordinator for the Department of Peace. The DOP is legislation that must be passed and I encourage everyone to read more about it through the Peace Alliance website.
Karen wrote me back a few months ago, one of the few Peace organizations to do so-not only encouraging me, but notifying her contacts about the ride. This show of solidarity was impressive, as I have sadly seen little of it in the Peace, specifically anti-war movement.
Among many other things, I discuss my recent disenchantment with the liberal 60’s in this show. It is an hour and a half long. Go on, turn up the speakers and listen while you surf the web. Thanks to Rosie and Karen for making my first live interview so comfortable.
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THANK YOU!!
WALL OF BELIEFS
Add your own...-
Peace...
I have to borrow in part from MLK.
Peace is not the absence of tension; but the presence of balance in our lives. It's that balance that we feel when someone smiles at us from across the table as we share a meal... we experience a quiet moment that fills our heart with Hope for Humanity.
charles -
I've been asked for "my" definition of PEACE. Peace--to me--is the absence of chaos. It--is not peace between nations, continental powers, political movements. My control over those is insignificant.
Peace is you and me. It is a loving meeting of my mind and yours. It IS, in fact--love. It is thinking of you first, before me. It is caring, nurturing, supporting another. Peace and love are "action" words. I have experienced a huge amount of this love at home and away from home the past five weeks. I experienced that "peace which surpasses all understanding" while traveling and meeting people (scootering) through five states.
On my final ride, the last 50 miles home, I was overwhelmed with the feeling, the knowledge, that I had been so loved in so many ways...accepted, tolerated, fed, "coffee'd", housed, and treated as an equal among equals, no matter what.
Again, for me, "peace" and "love" are so closely related as I might think of the genetic togetherness of identical twins.
The following quote sits on the desk of a long-passed friend of mine. It was meant as a definition of "Humility". As I read, it usually produces a benignancy, replacing immediately any disturbances which found their way into my heart.
"Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me.
"It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and pray to my Father in secret and be at PEACE, as in a deep sea of CALMNESS, when all around and about is seeming trouble. "
Steve E -
Peace & Unity... Only Love can set you free !
Amritesh Kala -
be cool...be respectful...be peaceful
deborah
Deborah Batcha -
peace is the science of right human relations; living in right relations with self, others and the environment; peace is not the absence of violence, nor is it the opposite of war; peace is the dynamic presence of truth, justice, and loving cooperation; peace is a world that works for everyone
Dot Maver -
peace is acknowledging the sentience of all living things and doing my best to support a climate of welcome and understanding for the place each sentient being holds on our beloved planet. I cannot force my ideas of equality on others, but I can encourage organizations and official representatives to also adopt a spirit of understanding and non-violent resolutions. I practice this idea with my sons and with all I encounter. I like to think/hope that peace is contagious. :)
Sophie in the Moonlight -
"Peace exists when different desires are in 1 agreement. when desires refuses compromise, the clash of desires can escalate to the clash of arms and clash of civilization" -Austin Bay, a nantural security specialist.
anna -
Peace is the absence of obsession. When absent objectivity blossoms and a doorway opens to connect with each other as well as with that which could not previously be seen. Work to identify obsession its root and its influence in our life and those we can care for.
d -
Peace is the alignment of the head with the heart, the heart with the head, and the spirit moving in both.
Daphne -
Even during the wrath of the myraid cosmic winds, the attacks by earthly being's desires, or the depths of eminant death and despair, one mind stays perfectly still and bright, this is everlasting peace.
mindtraining -
Peace is being left blissfully alone.
Nayagan -
Peace
"Just What It Is"
Silence,Serenity,Stillness
of Hate
Eager to Love
Accept & Relate
to Everyone
without Debate
Regardless of Race
Religion & Regulation
Peace is the Ultimate
Form of Elation!
Tammy Tuthill -
Personal peace is feeling content and happy in the moment. More difficult to obtain is the larger peace, in which everyone is able to feel this way.
Jeremy -
Virginia welcomes you and salutes you. How can we get Alix nominated as ABC News 'Person of the Week' ?
Andy -
Peace is knowing you finished this inspiring journey safely!
John A.
Matua
May 19th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Hey Alix,
Just checked-out your site. I’m glad I could inspire you to volunteer… and meet the folks I’ve blogged about… and get people to sign your scooter.
Ride Safe!
Matua
May 19th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Alix,
When and where did you get you the fantastic idea to volunteer and get people to sign your scooter?
Ride safe!
www.vespadition.com
admin
May 19th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Peter,
Having people sign your bike was a brilliant idea, definitely. Last year people signed a journal for me-this is much easier.
Don’t worry, I’m not making a coffee table book from it. My scoot has put on some miles and loves the signatures-”tattoo” as I call them. Someone suggested it and I agreed it was a good idea Peter.
Per volunteering, honey, I minored in non profit administration, I’ve been volunteering for a LONG time before I EVER heard of you. Reading my website further, you will see that I wanted to volunteer last year, and was so not prepared and never kept a schedule. (40 day planning).
I did, however, attend events and volunteer my time to cleaning up.
Volunteering is great-I’m fund raising for nonprofits on this trip, $1 per 1 mile driven. Volunteering really helps me experience an organization before making the decision where to donate. It also helps out communities.
P.E.A.C.E -A Patriot’s Exhibition Advancing Community and Environmentalism.
Please don’t assume you gave me an idea to volunteer, but anyways, didn’t you hope “that your actions inspire people to volunteer.” Why would you come at me like this-are you going to do this whenever you see that someone is volunteering?
Matua, the world is small, especially among couchsurfers and scooterists. In fact you stayed with Johnny Nomad, who I met last year. Isn’t that cool?!
Scooterists take care of one another Peter and we fortunately get
to meet many of the same people. Many OTHER riders experience the same treatment.
Also, before I visit a town, I search “scooter forums” in yahoo groups. I did see through the NOLA group that you had been there and I did say that we were friends, as you have said on many occasions, even on a live interview.
Um, because I thought we were.
I’m really proud of you, ride safe.
admin
May 19th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Furthermore, you can call me if there is something else you need to discuss. Being that we are both in the middle of riding, blogging, surviving, fundraising, avoiding gravel roads and storms and offering service work to the country-I suggest we make better use of our time.
WhiteRose
June 19th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Alix,
Thank you so much for posting such a nice blog about our “conversation” !! It was my pleasure to have you on my show. We should do it again! Take care and be safe. We are going through a lot of flooding in my home town here. It is horrible…no one alive has seen it this bad before. Hope you are warm and dry where ever you are!
WhiteRose