Tip #2 of the day for -- Build your “zones of peace” from the inside out.
Remember our story about Brittany, the eleven year old (in 2006) who won our Small “Zones Of Peace” Essay Contest?
Brittany was responding to our invitation to write an essay that would describe the meaning -- to her -- of the following quote Mahatma Gandhi from which our project, the Small “Zones of Peace” Project takes its name. “
We do best to begin by carving out territories or zones of peace in our personal relations where violence and deceit won’t be used.”
Brittany told us that -- to her -- Gandhi’s quote suggested the following --
"I believe this quote to mean metaphorically that if you are angry, you could find a quiet place in (your) mind. In reality, it could mean that if two friends live near each other, and there was a park that was close to both of them, they could call the park a zone of peace."
What’s your plan for creating small "zones of peace" everyday, everywhere you go? And, how do you carry that plan out, day-by-day?
Remember our story about Brittany, the eleven year old (in 2006) who won our Small “Zones Of Peace” Essay Contest?
Brittany was responding to our invitation to write an essay that would describe the meaning -- to her -- of the following quote Mahatma Gandhi from which our project, the Small “Zones of Peace” Project takes its name. “We do best to begin by carving out territories or zones of peace in our personal relations where violence and deceit won’t be used.”
Brittany told us that -- to her -- Gandhi’s quote suggested the following --
"I believe this quote to mean metaphorically that if you are angry, you could find a quiet place in (your) mind. In reality, it could mean that if two friends live near each other, and there was a park that was close to both of them, they could call the park a zone of peace."
What’s your plan for creating small "zones of peace" everyday, everywhere you go? And, how do you carry that plan out, day-by-day?
Soon we are going to be collecting your "Elegant Solution" stories for creating small "zones of peace" for our next essay contest -- to be posted on this blog.
Plan to get involved!
Pledge to consciously, actively build your small "zones of peace" (or keep on doing that) and tell us your stories about how you do it, successfully.
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