{"id":650,"date":"2013-04-16T12:14:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T16:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephaniesilberwordsworks.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2013-04-17T14:16:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:16:58","slug":"when-words-fail-music-soothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometeamproductions.tv\/wordsworks\/when-words-fail-music-soothes\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN WORDS FAIL MUSIC SOOTHES"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write this, it is under 24 hours since horror came to Boston.\u00a0 Indiscriminate is horror.\u00a0 Innocents dead.\u00a0 Athletes maimed.\u00a0 Innocence lost.\u00a0 Again.\u00a0 But I choose not to write about the day that horror came to Boston; I will leave that chatter to the politicians and the pundits and the talking heads.\u00a0 Today, even as I mourn, as we all mourn, I’ll also meditate on the themes that are dearest to me, and that give me solace.\u00a0 Love.\u00a0 Work.\u00a0 Art.\u00a0 Life.\u00a0 Can we go higher?<\/a><\/p>\n

Our friend, Nenad Bach<\/a>, the musician and tireless activist for peace in this troubled world, believes we can.<\/p>\n

He says, “It is easy to talk love and peace when you’re not hurting, but when the thugs break down your door and kill your children, that’s the moment to rise above.\u00a0 To go higher.”\u00a0 After a thoughtful pause, Nenad adds, “When someone knocks on your door with a machine gun it’s usually too late.\u00a0 What we must do is not preemptive wars, but preemptive peace.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I write this, it is under 24 hours since horror came to Boston.\u00a0 Indiscriminate is horror.\u00a0 Innocents dead.\u00a0 Athletes maimed.\u00a0 Innocence lost.\u00a0 Again.\u00a0 But I choose not to write about the day that horror came to Boston; I will … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n