PEACE: No seat taken for peace

BY KIMBERLY BAILEY-TUREAUD

The wrong revolution is being televised — not one of healing, but of division. Two sides stand firm, each convinced of its own righteousness. Yet history whispers a sobering truth: when we choose separation over understanding, there are no true winners — only cycles of violence, judgment, and broken trust. The voices of our ancestors echo through time, urging us to protect what was so dearly won. 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us that the greatest revolution is a moral one — a call to rise in character, compassion, and courage. It is the revolution that invites us to walk on sacred ground together, to remain open to what we do not yet understand, and to embrace one another not as opponents, but as neighbors in the human family. 

Like trees reaching upward, we are not the sky, yet we grow by absorbing its warmth. We are strengthened by the light we offer one another. Our connection is a living lesson in history — one that teaches us leadership is not about power, but about protection, humility, and righteousness. Calling out wrongdoing is only the beginning. The deeper question is this: where was our collective care for what is right when our watchfulness grew weary? 

Now we stand on uncertain ground, watching trust and stability tremble beneath our feet. Many rise to confront what they believe is broken, but in the process risk dismantling the very home meant to shelter generations yet to come. 

Still, the chairs of peace remain. They may wobble under the weight of anger and grief, but they are not empty. They invite us to sit, to breathe, to find stillness in the smoke of chaos. In that sacred pause, clarity is born. True strength is not only in standing to fight — it is also in kneeling to listen. 

The seat for peace is wide open. It calls us to move toward understanding, to resist the sickness of division, and to revolt not against one another, but against the ills that wound our shared spirit. 

So speak with words that heal. Listen with ears that seek balance. The truest negotiation is not surrender, but salvation — saving what we all hold as sacred and true: each other.