We Walk for the Children | New England Pilgrimage for Peace

Newell Hendrick’s Song "We Walk for the Children"

There never was a good war or a bad peace (Benjamin Franklin)
There never was a good war or a bad peace (Benjamin Franklin)

Learn Newell Hendrick’s Song “We Walk for the Children,” written specifically for the 2009 Pilgrimage for Peace, and let it direct you in making big and small changes

<a href="http://newellhendricks.bandcamp.com/track/peace-pilgrimage-song">Peace Pilgrimage Song by Newell Hendricks</a>

We walk for the children, and for our children’s children
We walk for the little ones, the weak and the small
We walk now together to gather our courage
To create a new future of life for us all

We have fouled the air, water, land and sea
The problems not just others, but also you and me
We must find a way of living that doesn’t leave a mess
We must give the earth some time to heal, we must learn to live with less

We fret about the economy, we say that times are tough
But when you measure life with money, there will never be enough
Our basic needs are simple, food, shelter, love
If we each used only what we needed, all would have enough

We fear the stranger, we avoid the unknown
We surround ourselves with folks just like us, we worship with our own
If we got outside our culture, saw ourselves through other’s eyes,
We might see some things that needed to be changed about our lives

If we lived more simply, without all our stuff
If we shared what had so that others had enough
If we welcomed the foreigner and sought after peace
Then there’d be no one we had to fear, the cause of war would cease

Movin' Right Along, released 02 July 2009. Music and lyrics by Newell Hendricks.

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Peace Quotes

  • Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. (Dalai Lama)