Lily Of The Varty

The world needs more lilies. There would be no wars if everyone had lilies in their yard, of that I'm convinced.

Could you wake up in the morning, smell the lilies, and then do any of the following:

- fly a jet into the World Trade Centre

- use chemical warfare against your fellow countrymen, countrywomen and countrybabes

- drive while drunk

- walk into a school with a gun and start shooting

- force others to watch Live At 5 at knifepoint.

No. I seriously doubt any of this would happen if we all lived in a place surrounded by beautiful lilies. The world 'lily' itself is soft and gorgeous. The letter 'L' flows serenely off the tongue with round,smooth edges. If the world was full of echinacea, for example, then things could be different, perhaps murderous. Heckinacea. Yeckinacea. Disrespectinacea.

For now, let us think of lilies. Ahhhhhh. Ommmm.