Love is the Solution!

Dalia Zaghi

When I first heard about Love Is The Solution from my father Nasser Zaghi, I laughed because I thought it was a silly idea. I didn't really understand what he was going to do with his project. Over time, I learned more about his project and how he wanted to have peace in the world. I, too, want peace in the world. I hope by the time I die that we will have peace in the world. As human beings in this world, we all deserve respect, freedom and peace, no matter which race, religion or color. As I read my father's book, Love Is the Solution, I came to understand more and more about his three principles of acceptance, doing one's best and fairness. In his book he gives his definitions for those three principles, and talks about love and hatred, and how they relate to peace.

I have decided to focus on the principle of doing's one best because I have had many conversations about this subject with my father. When a person is doing their best it means that they always try their best in every situation they come across in life. When a person is doing their best they never have any doubts. When doing one's best, one finds peace, love and completeness. When a person is doing their best, they have no regrets --they don't need to change what they have done in that situation. Also, when doing our best, we don't need to compare ourselves to others, and we are not negative. For example, if Amy gets an A in science and Eric gets a B in science, and they are both doing their best, the results of their efforts are perfect in that situation. Eric shouldn't compare himself negatively to Amy, because each is different from the other; the important thing is that each has done the best they could. We are all unique individuals. We have different talents, gifts and boundaries. Doing our best means that we have to recognize our flaws and overcome them. Doing our best requires us to apply our absolute best effort to any situation. When doing our best, we will never be "a failure" because we are doing the best we can, giving over 100% effort. When a person decides not to do their best, they will not find true success, peace or fulfillment. Please keep these things in mind in your life, and always try to do your best so you will find fulfillment, peace, love and completeness.

As I write this article, the fifth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001 approaches. If we truly desire peace, we must always remember what happened, and tell our children, so that we always carry the knowledge of how valuable peace is. When we remember all the heroes of that day, everyone who died, everyone who lost friends and family, we can use that memory as thousands of reasons to dedicate ourselves to the ideal of peace. When we remember the people on board flight 93 who were brave enough to stop the terrorists from hitting still another building filled with hundreds of people, we can honor them by doing our best to become peace advocates, talking about the principles my fathers speaks of in his book. (for more information on flight 93, visit http://www.flight93memorialproject.org/). I believe that the memory of September 11 can serve to inspire us all to dedicate ourselves to peaceful resolutions to all world conflicts - peace for everyone.

On a more personal note, I would like to announce that I'm the new secretary of the Love Is The Solution organization. I'm proud to take on this job and I will do my best. I do hope everyone will read and purchase the book, Love Is the Solution by Nasser Zaghi, which will be in bookstores in the spring. I hope that reading the book, Love Is the Solution, will help to move us toward peace in the world. Please go to the website = www.loveisthesolution.com and do your part. I know we can all help reach a place of peace in the world. Also please feel free to look at the website and email us with your questions or comments. Thanks for reading and enjoy!

Sincerely,

Dalia Zaghi
Secretary, Love Is the Solution

www.loveisthesolution.com