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These
principles for nonviolence were adapted by the Denver Area Task Force
for: A Season for Nonviolence - January 30-April 4, 1998
Inspired
by the 50th & 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1
-- Today, I will reflect on what peace means to me.
2 -- Today, I will look at opportunities to be a peacemaker.
3 -- Today, I will practice nonviolence and respect for Mother
Earth by making good use of her resources.
4 -- Today, I will take time to admire and appreciate nature.
5 -- Today, I will plant seeds--plants or constructive ideas.
6 -- Today, I will hold a vision of plenty for all the world's
hungry and be open to guidance as to how I can help alleviate some
of that hunger.
7 -- Today, I will acknowledge every human being's fundamental
right to justice, equity, and equality.
8 -- Today, I will appreciate the earth's bounty and all of
those who work to make my food available (i.e., grower, trucker, grocery
clerk, cook, waitress, etc.)
9 -- Today, I will work to understand and respect another culture.
10 -- Today, I will oppose injustice, not people.
11 -- Today, I will look beyond stereotypes and prejudices.
12 -- Today, I will choose to be aware of what I talk about
and I will refuse to gossip.
13 -- Today, I will live in the present moment and release
the past.
14 -- Today, I will silently acknowledge all the leaders throughout
the world.
15 -- Today, I will speak with kindness, respect, and patience
to every person that I talk with on the telephone.
16 -- Today, I will affirm my value and worth with positive
"self talk" and refuse to put myself down.
17 -- Today, I will tell the truth and speak honestly from
the heart.
18 -- Today, I will cause a ripple effect of good by an act
of kindness toward another.
19 -- Today, I will choose to use my talents to serve others
by volunteering a portion of my time.
20 -- Today, I will say a blessing for greater understanding
whenever I see evidence of crime, vandalism, or graffiti.
21 -- Today, I will say "No" to ideas or actions
that violate me or others.
22 -- Today, I will turn off anything that portrays or supports
violence whether on television, in the movies, or on the Internet.
23 -- Today, I will greet this day--everyone and everything--with
openness and acceptance as if I were encountering them for the first
time.
24 -- Today, I will drive with tolerance and patience.
25 -- Today, I will constructively channel my anger, frustration,
or jealousy into healthy physical activities (i.e., doing sit-ups,
picking up trash, taking a walk, etc).
26 -- Today, I will take time to appreciate the people who
provide me with challenges in my life, especially those who make me
angry or frustrated.
27 -- Today, I will talk less and listen more.
28 -- Today, I will notice the peacefulness in the world around
me.
29 -- Today, I will recognize that my actions directly affect
others.
30 -- Today, I will take time to tell a family member or friend
how much they mean to me.
31 -- Today, I will acknowledge and thank someone for acting
kindly.
32 -- Today, I will send a kind, anonymous message to someone.
33 -- Today, I will identify something special in everyone
I meet.
34 -- Today, I will discuss ideas about nonviolence with a
friend to gain new perspectives.
35 -- Today, I will practice praise rather than criticism.
36 -- Today, I will strive to learn from my mistakes.
37 -- Today, I will tell at least one person they are special
and important.
38 -- Today, I will hold children tenderly in thought and/or
action.
39 -- Today, I will listen without defending and speak without
judgment.
40 -- Today, I will help someone in trouble.
41 -- Today, I will listen with an open heart to at least one
person.
42 -- Today, I will treat the elderly I encounter with respect
and dignity.
43 -- Today, I will treat the children I encounter with respect
and care, knowing that I serve as a model to them.
44 -- Today, I will see my so-workers in a new light--with
understanding and
compassion.
45 -- Today, I will be open to other ways of thinking and acting
that are different from my own.
46 -- Today, I will think of at least three alternate ways
I can handle a situation when confronted with conflict.
47 -- Today, I will work to help others resolve differences.
48 -- Today, I will express my feeling honestly and nonviolently
with respect for myself and others.
49 -- Today, I will sit down with my family for one meal.
50 -- Today, I will set an example of a peacemaker by promoting
nonviolent responses.
51 -- Today, I will use no violent language.
52 -- Today, I will pause for reflection.
53 -- Today, I will hold no one hostage to the past, seeing
each-as I see myself-as a work in process.
54 -- Today, I will make a conscious effort to smile at someone
whom I have held a grudge against in the past.
55 -- Today, I will practice compassion and forgiveness by
apologizing to someone whom I have hurt in the past.
56 -- Today, I will reflect on whom I need to forgive and take
at least one step in that direction.
57 -- Today, I will forgive myself.
58 -- Today, I will embrace the spiritual belief of my heart
in my own personal and reflective way.
59 -- Today, I will enlarge my capacity to embrace differences
and appreciate the value of every human being.
60 -- Today, I will be compassionate in my thoughts, words,
and actions.
61 -- Today, I will cultivate my moral strength and courage
through education and creative nonviolent action.
62 -- Today, I will practice compassion and forgiveness for
myself and others.
63 -- Today, I will use my talents to serve others as well
as myself.
64 -- Today, I will serve humanity by dedicating myself to
a vision greater than myself
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