FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE THOUGHT OF THE WORD ‘WARRIOR’ AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEN A FIGHTER. THE WORLD IS FULL OF FIGHTING. THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER, EVIL, POVERTY, THE FIGHTS BETWEEN COUNTRIES, POLITICAL PARTIES, FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. MOTHER TERESA WAS ONCE INVITED TO A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WAR AND SHE REFUSED. SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ATTEND A DEMONTRATION FOR PEACE. AS A CANCER PATIENT, I REFUSED TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER BECAUSE THE FIGHT WOULD TAKE AWAY ALL THAT ENERGY I NEEDED TO HEAL. I CHOSE GENTLE OVER AGRESSIVE AND PEACE OVER CONFLICT. THE ANCIENT TOLTECS (200 BC-850 AD) HAD A WONDERFUL CONCEPT OF THE WARRIOR. GUILLERMO MARIN RUIZ WROTE- THE TOLTEC WARRIOR DOES NOT TURN TO THE BATTLE FIELD TO FIGHT OTHERS BUT INSTEAD WITH ‘FLOWER AND SONG’ AS HIS WEAPONS, BATTLES HIS OWN ‘SMALL SELF’ IN ORDER TO GAIN TRANSCENDENCE OVER IT AND THUS REINTRGRATE WITH THE SPIRIT. HE ALSO WROTE- A WARRIORS IRON WILL AND STRENGTH OF DETERMINATION WERE DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM THE UNDERSTANDING OF HIS TRUE NATURE, HIS MISSION ON THE EARTH, HIS UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES AS SPIRIT, AND THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. HOW BEAUTIFUL!, AND TRUE WARRIORS FOR PEACE, (ALTHOUGH I WOULD HAVE ALSO ADDED ‘SHE’.) THERE ARE MANY WARRIORS FOR PEACE IN OUR WORLD AND MY GREATEST HOPE AND DREAM IS THAT THERE WILL BE MANY MORE. I WISH A PEACEFUL NEW YEAR FOR US ALL. WANDA