By the time you finish this article, you will have taken about 600 breaths. Most of them unconsciously. And yet, each breath connects you to the trees, the wind, the algae blooming far off the coast, the delicate fabric of the atmosphere overhead...
We often envision peace as a grand, sweeping achievement: treaties signed, wars ended, global summits convened. These are vital, of course. But what if the true engine of lasting peace, the quiet force that sustains it from the ground up, lies not...