Here are several of the Peace promises people made last week. Feel free to adopt some of them if you have not made yours!
"I promise to bring Peace and positive actions to every situation."
"I promise to create more by using less, to go more lightly on this earth."
"I promise to work toward lasting inner Peace; to heal others by showing them their path to Peace."
"I promise to practice Peace in the face of upsets - mine, others and the world's.."
"I promise to let go of my judgments and to focus on the love I have for all people and express that every day."
"I promise to love what is."
"I promise to be less certain and ask more questions."
I love the possibilities each of these declarations create. If you have not made a Peace promise this year, would you be willing to? What possibility might that create? Willing to share your promise?
Peace to you this Peace Tuesday.
Love,
Darlene
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
A Peace Promise
Would you be willing to make a promise for Peace in 2009?
Our brand new President (yay!) has promised to move toward Peace by ending the war in Iraq, closing Guantanamo Bay and returning this country to a focus on diplomacy.
My Peace Promise to you is that I will continue this blog and continue to discover and share new ways to create Peace in our lives. I will also take on the daily practice of saying silently and out loud "I love this!" to each event that happens, regardless of how confronting. And then I will look to see how I can love it!
What is your promise for Peace this year? Willing to share?
Love,
Darlene
Our brand new President (yay!) has promised to move toward Peace by ending the war in Iraq, closing Guantanamo Bay and returning this country to a focus on diplomacy.
My Peace Promise to you is that I will continue this blog and continue to discover and share new ways to create Peace in our lives. I will also take on the daily practice of saying silently and out loud "I love this!" to each event that happens, regardless of how confronting. And then I will look to see how I can love it!
What is your promise for Peace this year? Willing to share?
Love,
Darlene
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A Clearing for Peace
Imagine you are hiking through a dark forest. There is a sudden break in the trees and you come to a clearing, a sylvan meadow filled with the scent of wild crocus. The sun is shining. It is silent. You hold your breath and are overwhelmed with the sense that anything is possible in this moment. The certainty of it fills you with joy and a deep sense of the Peace and perfection in all things. You leave the meadow a different person, taking that sense of wonder with you as you continue your hike in the dark forest.
Happy hiking today. Oh, and Peace!
Happy hiking today. Oh, and Peace!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sitting with the question of Peace
Peaceful New Year!
The purpose of this blog is to have us (as many of us as possible) focus on Peace each Tuesday AND to take one action to make Peace (personal, interpersonal,community, national, international) possible.
I hear people everywhere saying that Peace is hopeless, particularly given recent events in Gaza and Israel. They are right! Peace is not about hope. It is about vision, commitment and action. I also hear people asking, "Why can't we have Peace"?
We certainly haven't had sustained, pervasive Peace on this planet since the beginning of recorded history AND no one has ever answered that question to my satisfaction.
That's because they are asking the wrong question. It isn't "why isn't there Peace?" it is instead "How can I/we create Peace".
My invitation today is for you to SIT with the question, "How can I create Peace"?
Look for one thing you can do, or better yet stop doing, that would contribute to your personal sense of Peace. Then notice how that contributes to Peace on this planet.
Sit BooBoo! Sit!
Love you all,
Darlene
The purpose of this blog is to have us (as many of us as possible) focus on Peace each Tuesday AND to take one action to make Peace (personal, interpersonal,community, national, international) possible.
I hear people everywhere saying that Peace is hopeless, particularly given recent events in Gaza and Israel. They are right! Peace is not about hope. It is about vision, commitment and action. I also hear people asking, "Why can't we have Peace"?
We certainly haven't had sustained, pervasive Peace on this planet since the beginning of recorded history AND no one has ever answered that question to my satisfaction.
That's because they are asking the wrong question. It isn't "why isn't there Peace?" it is instead "How can I/we create Peace".
My invitation today is for you to SIT with the question, "How can I create Peace"?
Look for one thing you can do, or better yet stop doing, that would contribute to your personal sense of Peace. Then notice how that contributes to Peace on this planet.
Sit BooBoo! Sit!
Love you all,
Darlene
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