Kyra Strasberg Writer

02/11/2026

What would happen if we joined together for a few hours of hope for peace, hope for our nation, and hope for an end to the suffering of all of humanity? Can we spare a few moments of our busy lives? What if these few hours were the answer? Can we put everything else aside? Can we?

📌 Join with Us - Global Loving-Kindness Meditation - Feb 11, 2026

We warmly invite everyone from across the nation and the world to join us for a special loving-kindness meditation session with the venerable monks and Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara.

📅 Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 (Our Day 109)
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST
📍 Location: George Washington University Smith Center
🔴 Online: Livestream available

This session will be livestreamed on our page and website so everyone can participate at the same time, no matter where you are in the world.
When thousands of hearts meditate together in the same moment, our collective loving-kindness ripples outward, touching hearts, healing wounds, and planting seeds of peace everywhere. Your presence matters. Your meditation matters. Your loving-kindness matters.

Please mark your calendars and invite your friends, family, and community. Together, we will join in meditation and send loving-kindness to all beings.

Livestream available on:
• Facebook: Walk for Peace
• Website: (Link in the comment section of this post and always pinned at the top of our page)

May everyone and all beings be well, happy anWalk for Peace

01/30/2026

“May the peace be as endless and nourishing as the falling rain”

01/30/2026

May we choose with infinite compassion for our own journey, the path that leads us home to peace.

✍️ Perhaps we were once taught that it was okay to hold onto resentment when life felt unfair. Or maybe, like a vine growing slowly over time, these reactions became a habit we didn’t even realize we were wearing. We might find ourselves reacting with a sharp word or a heavy heart whenever the world doesn't move quite the way we hoped it would.

In the beginning, there can be a flickering comfort in blame. It feels like a shield, a way to stay in control when things feel chaotic. But that warmth is fleeting. Before we know it, we are carrying a heavy burden of resentment in our minds. We might find ourselves at odds with the traffic, the rain, our circumstances, or even the reflection in the mirror. When our hearts are full of these heavy shadows, the light of peace simply cannot find a place to rest.

Then one day—perhaps in a moment of stillness, through a message of kindness, or simply because we are tired of the weight—something gentle awakens within us. A deep, patient peace reminds us of a truth we may have forgotten: We do not have to carry this anymore.

Anger and hatred are like embers held in the hand; they only burn the one who holds them. They gently fade our joy and quiet our laughter. When we realize this, a beautiful shift happens. We see that we have a choice. We can choose the path of letting go, the choice of peace, the path of mindfulness.

With patient practice—by noticing these feelings as they arise and greeting them with mindfulness, choosing peace and letting go—we can begin to heal. We can choose to be kind to ourselves as we unlearn these old ways.

May we each find that blessed day when we realize that our hearts deserve to be light. And may we choose, with infinite compassion for our own journey, the path that leads us home to peace.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏

01/27/2026

How gentle can you be with yourself today?

✍️ The Gentle Voice for Ourselves - So many of us know how to speak kindly to strangers, how to comfort others who are hurting, how to use gentle words when someone else makes a mistake.

Yet when it comes to ourselves—when we remember our own failures, our own regrets, our own moments we wish we could undo—the voice we use is harsh, unforgiving.

This inner harshness is a form of violence we inflict on ourselves daily. And if we cannot walk peacefully within our own hearts, how can we truly walk peacefully in the world?

To practice a genuine walk for peace, we must transform how we speak to ourselves.

When judgment rises in us, perhaps instead of “I am terrible,” we could gently say: “I did the best I could with what I knew then, and now I’ve gained a new lesson.”

When shame takes hold, perhaps we could imagine holding the hand of a small child who just tripped. Would we scold them harshly, or help them up with tenderness? Maybe we could use that same gentle voice to speak to our own souls.

Instead of drowning in regret, perhaps we could use kind words to make a loving promise for this present moment. Not demanding perfection from ourselves, but committing to try again, to keep learning.

Here is a truth we must sit with: when we are unable to forgive ourselves, we are also unable to truly forgive anyone else. Our harshness toward ourselves leaks into how we see and treat others.

But when we learn to speak to our own hearts with the softest words, when we let old mistakes become nourishment instead of poison, something beautiful happens. Mindfulness blooms. Compassion expands. Peace takes root—first within us, then flowing naturally outward to everyone we meet.

The gentlest voice, the kindest words, the most patient understanding—these should not be reserved only for others. They belong to us too.

May we all learn to speak to ourselves the way we would speak to someone we deeply love who is struggling.

May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace.

01/24/2026

Isn’t he the greatest reminder of love?

01/21/2026

We all just want to believe in
Peace ☮️
Kindness
Compassion
No more hate.
No more “doing” it all
Let’s just be.
Be together.
Be respectful.
Be kind.
Be what these monks are, peace in action