Bosco's Garden | Shane & Kay Hatton

I was interviewed today by a journalist about my trips to Ukraine and the upcoming film. She asked me, from my experience, what my one message would be. Here it is:

Peace comes from within. War is happening all over the world. Be it in Ukraine, the Middle East, Africa or the cold war between China and Taiwan/America... It's a ceaseless struggle that has plagued us monkeys since we first started rubbing sticks together. All we can do is learn to appreciate and nurture the peace we have in front of us, in our own lives and hope that it might propagate throughout the world. To avoid extreme views, whether they be left or right, try to find understanding and common ground in our day-to-day lives with the people we interact with. In all the interviews for my film, I asked: "What does peace mean to you?" This is my answer. It's the same as a good relationship. It's built on give and take, a healthy amount of self-doubt and willingness to learn and understand. We're all human and we all, bar a tiny minority, want peace. Unfortunately, however, anger is usually quicker off the mark.

Peace is what we make of it. Peace is a garden.

In the words of John Lennon, "War is over, if you want it."

And Joni Mitchell, "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."