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Dearest Miyang Marie,

A good wife is from the Lord, my love. And that is just so true. Some time ago I wrote an entry on our main blog about the single life - "Single Not Alone". I should that I follow it up some more some time - with particular emphasis on that love that transcends all mortal love which is the love of the angels as spoken of by our Savior, Jesus Christ, which is also the love that we share together, my love - as well as develop some other themes pertinent to our cause. Monogamy and the integrity of marriage i.e. one man and one woman, the human family, the care and protection of minorities i.e. the weak and the defenseless - including the unborn, the defense of human needs against materialistic exploitation, the defense of truth against relativism, the equal ordering of our communities which is the concept of the one whole one, the culture of peace, development and conservation of our nations, planetary responsibilities, the paradigm of the peace or the commonwealth trust of the one family of the nations of mankind, interdependence or the one family of the nations of mankind, meeting instability in the fifth battlespace and other things as well - the mystery of evil, suffering and human happiness - so much to do, my love. And we can do it, too, I know - why? Simply, because we care. We care about things that are worth caring about.

But as regards to the most immediate matter at hand - the siege of war - we shall introduce the concept of measured de-escalation - one that preserves the dignity of all sides truly wanting the peace - and therefore, fighting for the right reasons - which is but one reason only: to prosper the people - while exposing the shame of those who willfully dwell with the spirit of war. Admittedly, violence can be addictive and not many are able to quit it cold turkey - but we shall go with the truth that the heart of all men are amenable to reason. And so it is the purpose of measured de-escalation to give footing for human reason to find the most natural way out of full-blown conflicts until such a time as the human spirit is strong enough again in the people to lift that particular nation or region (or whole) entire out of the descendant gravity of war. The de-emphasizing of war and the introduction of the culture of peace to the younger generations is also a necessary step in order to further weaken the beast of war until such a time as its hold on our one planetary whole is not as existentially threatening to our one family of nations as it is today.

De-escalation and education must go hand in hand in order for peace to gain momentum in regions where war has so pervasively dominated for thousands of years. De-escalation involves incremental observances of time and place (in that order) where rules that protect life and preserve the peace must apply and is agreed upon by all parties to a conflict. It will provide a counterpoint argument that exists in actual reality as to the real viability of peace over war.

De-escalation should then lead to the concept of permament peace communities which is a concept that is tried and tested in Mindanao that should also serve the peace processes around the world just as well. Once peace gains a foothold, it shall only take a consistent political will to carry out the necessary legal, governmental and international processes that shall lift the cloud of war from particular wholes within our one planetary whole. After all, peace is our original estate - the human soul shall naturally incline towards where it feels at home the most.

I love you, my Miyang Marie.

Always to always,

Pusing