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Peace
begins with you... A
community-based program. For
more information contact Kathy: Click
here
for a color printer ready brochure - trifold back
to back. All
the good we do in the world to GIVE PEACE A
CHANCE, must come from our own initiative as a
group. All
our actions and thoughts, will define the concept
and dimension of PEACE in our
community. If
we want PEACE in our neighborhoods and
communities; what is it that we really
want? What
needs to be present for PEACE to
exist? What
changes in our neighborhood or community are
necessary to invite PEACE to join our daily
lives? PEACE...
an open dialog. A simply way of life in our
community to create a culture of peace; non
violence, reconciliation, acts of kindness,
etc. You
as a peacemaker, can help to spread the message
that each and every one of us can contribute, in a
very special way, to enjoy a more peaceful
world. Peace
is a process that does not end, and that begins
with YOU. Smile
more often to easy anxiety. Play and have FUN
together. Show
that you care. Focus one-on-one attention;
increasing opportunities for social interaction.
See work as a way to serve. Honor
diversity. Enjoy teamwork. Apologize
and Forgive with kind actions. Listen. Embellish
the environment with natural elements such as;
water fountains, plants, herbs, a fish tank,
aviary, flowers, etc. Let nature nourish
you. Create
a corner, perhaps called "Peace Corner" to provide
a special place for people to cultivate inner
peace. A bulletin board with poems, uplifting
thoughts, quotes, cartoon characters, affirmations,
photos, etc. All members of the community are
invited to submit information to express their own
concepts of PEACE. Recognize
the interdependency of all beings; humans, animals,
plants, earth. Build bridges and not
walls. Listen
to music. Sing. Form a choir with friends,
relatives, members of the community. Bring joy to
others with your music. If
we do not cultivate PEACE in ourselves, we
cannot communicate true PEACE around
us. This
is a community-based program that does not report
to anyone or it is not affiliated to any particular
organization or religious group. The
Chapter For Peace will have their own
by-laws if its members consider this necessary.
Otherwise, the Chapter For Peace will
function according to the voice, needs, ideas,
priorities of its members. We
hope to combine creeative minds and free spirits
with people that want to make a difference in the
world, where simplicity, love and kindness are a
way of life. Lord,
make me a channel of thy peace, that
where there is discord, I may bring harmony; Lord,
grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be
comforted; For
it is by self-forgetting that one finds. The
first "Bench of Dreams" was conceived by
Robert Muller, former Assistant
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chancellor
Emeritus of the University for Peace. The original
"Bench of Dreams" is located at the base of
Mt. Rasur, near the University For Peace in Costa
Rica. Visitors are asked to place a pebble or stone
in each hand, press the two hands together, and
with eyes closed, to dream. When opening the eyes,
one stone is tossed onto the Earth, so that the
sacred Earth and the natural forces of the universe
will start working to materilize the dream, and the
other stone is taken home as a reminder of the
dream and the commitment we made to do all possible
to live our dream and see it coming true. There are
now hundreds of "Benches of Dreams"
throughout the world. This
is how it works: Select
two small stones. Hold them close together and
dream your dream. When you see your dream clearly,
put one stone into your pocket to take with you.
Toss the other stone into the garden. Hold your
dream in your heart, even as the Earth holds
it.
For
Peace
240-393-5456
email
How
it works?
THE
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS
that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit
of forgiveness;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, I may bring
light;
that where there is sadness, I may bring
joy.
to understand, than to be understood;
to love, than to be loved.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.