Subject: World Peace Day - September 11:

I'm about to ask you to join me in doing something that is so exciting and
that has me so lit up that I can barely sit still to write this!  Are you
ready?

This idea was my response to a challenge to dream up a project that was so
inspiring and so big that it seemed impossible to achieve.  This is pretty
big, but it is so powerful and self-perpetuating that I already see it as
done!  And so I ask you to imagine that it IS already done, and I ask you
to imagine yourself reading the following newspaper headline and knowing
that you took part in making this happen:

THE UNITED STATES PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 11 "WORLD PEACE DAY" ALL OVER THE
WORLD.  ALL MILITARY CONFLICTS ARE HALTED FOR 24 HOURS ON 9/11 TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.  THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
SUSPENDS ALL CIVIL LITIGATION PROCEEDINGS ON 9/11

And that's just the beginning.  I foresee that the possibilities of World
Peace Day will multiply exponentially with each person who participates and
adds their input.  I see schoolchildren doing World Peace Day projects and
sending them to children in other countries.  I see people from all
countries reaching out to each other and communicating through a World
Peace Day website.  I see a World Peace Day postage stamp.  I see arguments
and differences set aside and relationships healed and people all over the
world joining hands and hearts in the offering of peace.  I can't even
imagine all the possibilities.  That's why World Peace Day needs you and
your imagination to be as huge as it deserves to be.

Remember how we all felt in the aftermath of 9/11? Remember how incredibly
inspiring and uplifting it was to see our country -- and, unbelievably, the
world -- uniting as it did?  I saw that uniting as a phoenix rising from
the ashes, and I saw the possibility that all those people did not give
their lives in vain.  But that miraculous unity seemed to dissipate, didn't
it, as we took up our lives again and as we began to succumb again to our
fear, anger, and aggression -- which, by the way, according to The Evil
Emperor in George Lucas's Star Wars, are the three qualities that make up
The Dark Side!

Let's revive that unity.  Let's propel that phoenix out of the ashes!
Let's send the message that we learned something and that our loved ones
did not give up their lives in vain. Let's create a miracle.  Let's invite
the world to join us in a celebration of peace that will elevate the entire
human race.  Let's inspire and uplift the world, and let's overcome The
Dark Side, if only for a day!  The most fantastic journey begins with a
single step.

YOU can make World Peace Day happen, and here's all you have to do: (A list
of e-mail addresses will follow)

  1. E-mail this letter to everyone in your address book.
  2. E-mail this letter to your senator and congressperson.
  3. E-mail this letter to your local bar association.
  4. E-mail this letter to your local newspapers.
  5. E-mail this letter to your local TV and radio stations.
  6. E-mail this letter to the White House.
  7. Think up one thing YOU would like to see happen on World Peace Day --
     and add it to this letter!
  8. Tell everyone you talk to about World Peace Day.

That's it.  That's all you have to do.  And you don't even have to leave
your chair!  And I guarantee you that within mere days, the words "World
Peace Day" will be being uttered by people all over the world.

And years from now, when the calendars show September 11 as World Peace
Day, you can tell your grandchildren that you were there and you made it
happen.

LET'S DO IT!  Send this letter to every e-mail address you know RIGHT NOW!

YOU are going to make this happen!

Thank you for your partnership in creating World Peace Day, a day that we
will celebrate and be proud of for the rest of our lives.  Thank you for
making a difference. You are extraordinary. I love you.

Lori Stefano
Yelm, WA 98597
mailto:ladylorelei@netzero.com
web: http://www.itstime.com/worldpeaceday.htm

P.S. Please feel free to personalize or change this letter in any way you
feel appropriate when you send it on.  Rather than just hitting your
"Forward" button, please copy and paste it to avoid having all those little
arrows in future copies.  And please e-mail me if you'd like me to send you
versions of the letter that are written more specifically for your
politicians, bar association, newspapers, and local media.

Make it happen!

For more information about World Peace Day, visit http://www.itstime.com/worldpeaceday.htm