Peace Actions
Listed below are many suggestions for adding to your Personal and Interpersonal Peace. We suggest you try them out! If you have other actions you would like to share with us, please email them to Actions For Peace.
May Peace be with you as you try these suggestions.
Personal Peace – To/With Yourself
BE the following:
| a hugger |
kind |
| a smile | loving |
| accepting of yourself as you are | non-critical |
| aware | non-judgmental |
| awed |
open |
| childlike | outgoing |
| conscious | patient |
| constantly striving to improve your World | positive |
| forgiving | present |
| fun | questioning |
| good natured | receptive to change |
| grateful | spiritual |
| happy | supportive |
| honest |
thankful |
| humorous | truthful |
| inspired | understanding |
| joyous |
Here are some actions for Personal Peace
Accept your “failures” as lessons of life.
Acknowledge your successes.
Avoid criticizing yourself.
Begin your day thinking of all the great things you are going to do today.
Communicate with the Divine.
Do something outrageous.
Do something you always wanted to do but have not taken time to do.
Get a massage.
Go for a walk in Nature.
Give yourself a day off.
Give yourself permission to ______.
Imagine what you could be if you could do anything you wanted.
Lighten up on yourself if you make a mistake.
Meditate.
Read inspiring books.
See events in the best possible light.
See the humor in all events.
Stay in the present – out of the past or the future.
Think Peaceful thoughts.
Turn off the TV.
Interpersonal Peace – To/With Others
You can make these tasks even more powerful by doing them anonymously.
BE the following:
| a “stand up” person | inspiring |
| a booster | joyous |
| a catalyst for Peace |
kind |
| a hugger | loving of all life |
| a mentor | loving |
| a smile | non-critical |
| accepting of people as they are | non-judgmental |
| an over looker (overlook other’s faults and issues) | of service |
| aware | open |
| awed |
outgoing |
| childlike | positive |
| complimentary | present |
| conscious | proactive |
| constantly striving to improve the World | questioning |
| courageous | quiet |
| forgiving | receptive to change |
| friendly |
spiritual |
| fun | supportive |
| generous with time and money | the medium |
| generous | the message |
| good natured | thoughtful |
| happy | truthful |
| honest |
understanding |
| humorous | win-win |
| inoffensive |
Here are some actions for Interpersonal Peace
Acknowledge a person’s presence – don’t just ignore them.
Acknowledge Peaceful, positive behavior.
Ask permission from someone you wouldn’t normally ask it from.
Be a Peaceful presence.
Buy “Real Change” from a street vendor.
Buy a homeless person a sandwich.
Buy a stranger’s lunch.
Buy the next person in line his coffee.
Call a friend.
Communicate with your children.
Compliment kids on their behavior.
Compliment someone on her attire.
Connect people with like interests.
Donate to a Peace charity.
Encourage Peaceful solutions.
Give someone a call.
Hug someone.
Know the name of the person helping you and use it.
Leave a generous tip to a nice waitperson.
Let impatient people pass you.
Listen to someone without interrupting him or preparing your answer.
Look people in the eye.
Offer someone your seat.
Open a door for someone.
Pay the bus fare for the next person.
Put a coin in an expired parking meter.
Read to someone.
Say please.
Say thank you.
Show respect for others.
Sincerely compliment someone on some specific thing she has done.
Smile at everyone – even the grouches – especially the grouches.
Smile at the person who just cut you off on the freeway.
Understand another’s point of view.
Write a letter or call someone to thank her for a long forgotten favor.
Write someone a letter.
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