Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace”—John Lennon, musician (1940–1980)
This quote makes my heart ache, because I believe that vast majority of people in the world would opt to live in peace with each other and use whatever monies are spent on warfare to promote better health and education. Why do we allow the angry few who fight for territory, resources, and dogmatic ideas to entangle the rest of us in their schemes? Yes, John Lennon was a dreamer, but not the only one.