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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States. While I have met many women going through treatment, or those who are survivors, I actually had my first intimate experience with the prospect of breast cancer only a week ago. My daughters’ nanny, who is an integral part of our family, was called by…

Continuing the daily themes for peacemakers, today’s peace practice is: Sharing for Peace Today, share your practice of peacemaking with two people. Give them this information and invite them to begin the daily practice. As more of us participate in this sharing, our practice will expand into a critical mass. Today joyfully celebrate your own…

Continuing the daily themes for peacemakers, today’s peace practice is: Creating for Peace Today, come up with at least one creative idea to resolve a conflict, either in your personal life or your family circle or among friends. If you can, try and create an idea that applies to your community, the nation, or the…

The urgency that anyone feels, or doesn’t feel, about the 2008 election rests on the issue of waking up. Over two-thirds of Americans tell pollsters that the country is on the wrong track. Dissatisfaction with government is rife. Looming crises such as climate change and global recession call for quick action. But if the conventional…

Continuing the daily themes for peacemakers, today’s peace practice is: Acting for Peace Today is the day to help someone in need: A child, a sick person, an older or frail person. Help can take many forms. Tell yourself, ” Today I will bring a smile to a stranger’s face. If someone acts in a…

In light of International Peace Day, I want to share with you seven techniques for developing peace consciousness.

Continuing the daily themes for peacemakers, today’s peace practice is: Speaking for Peace Today, the purpose of speaking is to create happiness in the listener. Have this intention: Today every word I utter will be chosen consciously. I will refrain from complaints, condemnation, and criticism. Your practice is to do at least one of the…

An article in the Washington Post On Faith section in response to their question: John McCain and Sarah Palin say it’s time to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Do you agree? What is the right moral choice? As I remember it, abortion started out as a white-hat issue…

Continuing the week-long practices for peace, today’s theme for peacemakers is: Feeling for Peace This is the day to experience the emotions of peace. The emotions of peace are compassion, understanding, and love. Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else’s suffering, there is the birth of understanding. Understanding is the…

Continuing the weeklong practices for peace, today’s theme for peacemakers is: Thinking for Peace Thinking has power when it is backed by intention. Today, introduce the intention of peace in your thoughts. Take a few moments of silence, then repeat this ancient prayer: Let me be loved, let me be happy, let me be peaceful.…
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