by Susan | Feb 12, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
13. Creativity The worse thing you can do to a human soul is to suppress its natural desire to create. Identify at least five ways in which you express your creativity everyday. Today, allow something unpredictable and joyous to express through...
by Susan | Feb 11, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
12. Groundedness Gandhi said, “To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” And Black Elk said, “Some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.” Today place a seed in...
by Susan | Feb 10, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
11. Contemplation For at least three minutes, relax, breathe, and let your mind be fed by “whatsoever is good and beautiful.” Sacred scripture states, “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is...
by Susan | Feb 9, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
10. Faith When Cesar Chavez was organizing farm workers, he challenged them to say, “Si, se puede” (yes, it is possible) when they didn’t know how they would overcome obstacles. Today, say, “Yes, it is possible,” even if you don’t know how your goal will be realized....
by Susan | Feb 8, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
9. Dreaming Martin Luther King, Jr., had a great dream. What is your own dream for peace? Write it down. What is one thing you can do to honor your dream? Do it...
by Susan | Feb 7, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
8. Healing Writer, poet, activist, and professor Maya Angelou turned a traumatic childhood experience into a catalyst for creativity and achievement. Today, choose a painful incident in your life and find the “gift” it has given you. Consciously share this gift with...
