When I was younger, I used to think a lot of things. One thing I wondered was why, instead of fighting wars, kings didn't just play chess against each other, that way no one would have to die. Then I thought, well, a dumb king would be frustrated and think it wasn't fair, or one king would lose and then he'd maybe get mad and hit the other king, or tell one of his servants to.. maybe there could just be 10 guys against 10 guys.. but then the loser would always be mad and try to get back and that's why we have war. If we could just stick to chess. . . This all came up because I was listening to Christmas carols.. Song called "Grown Up Christmas List" (wars would never start and love would heal our hearts..).. even the words "Peace on earth, good will to men" occur all the time in Christmas songs. There's one that goes a step further and says "and let it begin with me." I think about how much turmoil there is in my heart. Not very much, ...
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