Today is the International Day of Peace.
In establishing the International Day of Peace, the United Nations General Assembly decided that it would be appropriate: "to devote a specific time to concentrate the efforts of the United Nations and its Member States, as well as of the whole of mankind, to promoting the ideals of peace and to giving positive evidence of their commitment to peace in all viable ways… (The International Day of Peace) should be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples."
I have a sneaking suspicion that violence, no matter how distant, has a profound effect on any given individual. Violence is extreme dischord; a place where harmony is not heard. The great thing is that is doesn't take too much to resolve the chord - shift a mere halfstep and add another note here and there. Then the community will resonate freely.