Pace e Bene – 22 October 2025

“If you are not struggling to love people, if you are not trying to build understanding with those you disagree with, then you are not really doing the work of building Beloved Community. The work of building Beloved Community is understanding that we’re not trying to win over people, but to win people over. Historically, winning a war has meant defeating the opponent. There is a clear winner and a clear loser. . . . But in nonviolence, there is no real victory until everyone is on the same side.”—Kazu Haga, Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm