Take action for peace
The Rhythm of Peace Project encourages taking authentic, specific actions for peace each month. It's the healthy actions we take in our day to day circumstances, combined with the actions we take together, that shape our world in the direction of peace.
I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everthing
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
Edward Everett Hale
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everthing
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
Edward Everett Hale
Here are some healthy actions for peace. Consider taking one of these actions this month:
1. Choose a family member, friend or co-worker with whom you have conflict. Throughout this month, make a sincere effort to extend, listen, communicate, understand, and forgive.
2. Get together with friends and co-workers to share your actions for peace and support the actions of others.
2. Get together with friends and co-workers to share your actions for peace and support the actions of others.
3. Send a financial gift to a peace effort you support. A gift to the Rhythm of Peace Project will help expand and strengthen the community of people that is making a sincere effort to cultivate peace in their homes, families, and workplaces.
4. Find out what's going on in your community to cultivate peace. Let others know. Offer some time or resources to support an effort you appreciate.
5. Educate yourself about national peace efforts, such as:
From The Peace Alliance website:
"There is currently a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives to establish a United States Department of Peace. This historic measure will augment our current problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict. The legislation will pass from bill to law under one condition: that a wave of citizen interest rise up from the American people and make itself heard in the halls of Congress."
6. Practice win-win thinking. Get together with a friend and read Chapter 4 (Think Win/Win) of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Support each other in developing the skill of approaching a problem with the intent to find an outcome that is respectful of everyone.
"There is currently a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives to establish a United States Department of Peace. This historic measure will augment our current problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict. The legislation will pass from bill to law under one condition: that a wave of citizen interest rise up from the American people and make itself heard in the halls of Congress."
6. Practice win-win thinking. Get together with a friend and read Chapter 4 (Think Win/Win) of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Support each other in developing the skill of approaching a problem with the intent to find an outcome that is respectful of everyone.
7. Reduce gossip. Gossip is an expression of the common battles we have with each other in daily life. Refuse to participate in gossip at home and at work for the entire month, and see what you notice.
8. Choose a favorite prayer for peace that touches your heart, and say it every day for the month.
9. Plan a family meeting and ask each family member what would make homelife (1) healthier and (2) more peaceful. Implement one family suggestion each month.
10. Encourage stress reduction practices in your home and workplace, and in local schools.
11. Reduce the time spent watching television in your household. Did you know that the average child will watch 8,000 murders on television before finishing elementary school, and that the average American watches 28+ hours of televison each week?
