Peace Pilgrim Quotes
Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.
Peace Pilgrim. Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words. Friends of Peace Pilgrim, 1982.
In Iraq, the people of the marshland, known as the Madan, supported anti Saddam forces. In retaliation, he killed many of the Madan outright and burned the reeds of the marshes on which the people depended. Then he diverted the water from their land and the culture was almost extinguished. Dr. Alwash was the son of the Iraqi Engineer who managed the water in that region of Iraq and as a child became very familiar with the Mash area and the Madan. He returned to Iraq and began a huge project to rebuild the area and allow the Madan to grow and flourish. To accomplish that, a gigantic water engineering project is necessary to undo the water diversions that Saddam had constructed to destroy the Madan. This was a huge dream and vision.
Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. Starting on January 1, 1953, in Pasadena, California, she adopted the name "Peace Pilgrim" and walked across the United States for 28 years, speaking with others about peace. She was on her seventh cross-country journey when she died.
