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16. Keep Love Flowing Through the Hard Times. 17. Commit to a Win/Win Solution. 18. Develop Family Rituals and Norms Review: Practice the Four Principles of Peace and Conflict Resolution The Family Dinner Resource Guide. Chapter Three - Peace for the Children: Priority Alert! 19. Commit to Raising Peacekeepers.
- Surrender to the Fact that Life Isn’t Fair. Life isn’t fair. Even though we know very well that life has never been fair, we still keep hoping that it will be one day.
- Allow Yourself to Be Bored. Many of us find it almost impossible to sit still and so nothing even for a few minutes. Our busy, overactive minds always need something to focus on, constantly wondering “What’s next?”
- Lower Your Tolerance to Stress. We tend to look up to people who can handle loads of stress and who are under a great deal of pressure. Oftentimes, it takes a crisis of some kind for a stressed-out person to wake up from his own craziness – a health issue emerges, a spouse leaves…
- Once a Week, Write a Heartfelt Letter. Taking a few minutes each week to write a heartfelt letter slows you down long enough to remember the beautiful people you’re blessed to have in your life.
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1. Take five to ten minutes for a simple seated meditation. 2. Take 100 deep breaths, counting “and one,” “and two,” and so on, with “and” on the inhalations and the numbers on the exhalations. 3. Take a meditative walk, focusing solely on the physical sensations of walking—the earth under your feet, the swing of your hips. 4. Find a guided meditat...
6. Write down everything that’s weighing you down mentally and then burn it as a form of letting go. 7. Write down everything you’ve learned from a difficult experience so you can see it as something useful and empowering instead of something to stress you out. 8. Tell someone how their actions affected you instead of holding it in and building res...
11. Engage in a little art therapy; grab some crayons, markers, or paint and put all your feelings on the page. 12. Create a peace collage. Include images that make you feel relaxed and at ease. (Google “peace collage” and you’ll get lots of ideas!) 13. Meditate on your favorite peace quote and then write it in calligraphy for framing. 14. Take a w...
16. Get up and dance to your favorite song, focusing solely on the music and the movement. Get into your body and get out of your head! 17. Take a long walk on the beach, focusing on the feel of the sand between your toes and the sound of the crashing waves. Cliché, but highly effective! 18. Go for a bike ride in a scenic part of town, and immerse ...
21. Muster compassion for someone who hurt you instead of wallowing in bitterness, which will make it easier to forgive them and set yourself free. 22. Set aside some time to actively enjoy the good things about the present instead of scheming to create a better future. 23. Create a list of things you love about yourself instead of dwelling on how ...
26. Start reading that book you bought about dealing with the challenge you’ve been facing. 27. Schedule a date with yourself, a time when you don’t need to meet anyone else’s requests, and do something that feeds your mind and spirit. Go to a museum or take yourself to your favorite restaurant and simply enjoy your own company. 28. Sit in nature—u...
31. Tell the truth in your relationships. When we hold in our true feelings, we create stress for ourselves. Be kind but honest and share what you really feel. 32. Catch critical, blaming, or self-victimizing thoughts. Instead of ruminating on what someone else did wrong, express yourself and ask yourself what you can do to create the change you’re...
36. Volunteer your time to help a charity you believe in. Put all your energy into helping someone else, and you will inadvertently help yourself. 37. Volunteer at your local animal shelter. Animals are naturally present, and it’s contagious! 38. Do something kind for someone else without expecting anything in return. If they ask what they can do f...
- Calm your mind. Whether a seasoned advocate for peace or a young person aspiring to make a change, it’s always good to start with yourself. Calming your mind will help you be more patient.
- Simplify your life. Living a simple life will help clear your mind. You’ll have fewer distractions and be more able to focus on finding ways to address an issue (or issues) you care about.
- Educate yourself (and teach others) about injustice and inequality, and about peace. Systems that produce injustice and inequality rely on their ability to remain invisible to the general public.
- Orient your professional life towards peace. Are you a teacher? Are you teaching your students to critically analyze war, conflict, and inequality? Are you a healthcare worker?
The dictionary defines inner as: of or pertaining to the mind or spirit; mental; spiritual: the inner life. It's more intimate, private, or secret: the inner workings of the organization. Peace is defined as: a state of calm and quiet; freedom from disturbing thoughts; and an agreement to end hostilities.
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Dagmar Nolden, Vladimir Kostić: Strengthening resilience – Building peace from within. Training Manual I “Building peace from the inside out”. Berlin/Tübingen 2017. Layout: Edenspiekermann, Christoph Lang. Photos: Dagmar Nolden. Thanks to all members of the project team in Germany and Serbia as well as to Relief International, our
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feel peace within you increase and strengthen. Simplicity really is the key to inner peace. The less you engage your mind in needless over-thinking the less complexity you add to your life. With the cessation of negative and limiting thoughts your inner belief will also strengthen bringing with it greater power to direct your life in the way ...
