The Journey of a Thousand Miles --- The metaphor, ‘roadmap to peace’, implies a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal. In that sense it is useful, in practice it is a long and difficult journey. It may begin with high hopes but also many false starts, diversions down side roads, seemingly insurmountable impasses, intentional road blocks, and doubts about whether the journey will reach its destination. Yet, the Chinese sage said, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. It is always worth taking that first step.

Source author: John D. Hipsley jhipsley@igc.org