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Conclusion: April 4 Today, the memorial anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., marks the conclusion of the 2010 Season for Nonviolence. I am grateful for your participation and I pray the daily reflections and actions have inspired you to move your life in the direction of Peace. The Season may have officially ended but [...] Day 64: April 3 The thought for today is CELEBRATION. As we have discovered so often during this 65-day walk, Peace cannot be forced upon the world from without; it must well up from within the heart and mind of every person. As more and more individual hearts and minds commit to Peace, the collective energy becomes [...] Day 63: April 2 The thought for today is RELEASE. Resentment. Blame. Judgment. Regret. Hurt feelings. Mistakes. Egoism. Control. Greed. Feelings of superiority or inferiority. Craving. Insolence. Fear. Doubt. Your story. Self-loathing. Unforgivingness. Revenge. Let go of the things that do not serve your Highest Good or the cause of Peace.. breathe Peace ~ Rev. Rebecca Day 62: April 1 The thought for today is COMMITMENT. “Until one is committed there is hesitancy, a chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment that one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves, [...] Day 61: March 31 The thought for today is PEACE. “When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” – Peace Pilgrim “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha “Peace is not something you wish for. It’s something you make, something you do, something you [...] Day 60: March 30 The thought for today is WITNESSING. We are here to bear witness to the Truth of Love’s immanent presence in and as each of us. When we see injustice or violence happening, we must stand firm and speak Truth with boldness and conviction. It is our task to shine the Light into the [...] Day 59: March 29 The thought for today is INTERVENTION. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons and daughters of God. – Jesus To be a peacemaker is to demonstrate Who and Whose You Are – Children of the Source of Peace. It takes being grounded in the Presence to be able to see [...] Day 58: March 28 The thought for today is CITIZENSHIP. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. – Bahá’u’lláh Looking at photos of the earth taken from space, one sees only land and water; lights from cities may be visible. There is something conspicuously absent from the photographs: the borders that we have placed around [...] Day 57: March 27 The thought for today is SERVICE. “One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.” – Alex Noble What Alex is saying is that actions speak louder than words. A few days ago, we looked at giving and at how we could give of ourselves [...] DAY 56: March 26 The thought for today is SELF-SUFFICIENCY. People need the dignity of work and the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families. Economic self-sufficiency is a requirement for a nonviolent world. “Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency.” – Mahatma Gandhi For Gandhi, economic self-sufficiency – symbolized by [...] |
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