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It may
never have occurred to you when you were kind to someone who was
different or when you took a time out so that you wouldn't hit your
brother or sister that you were working for world peace.
But
guess what -- that's just what you were doing. Because every time we
make a choice that creates more peace in our own life....we are
practicing a way of being, a way of doing that can stick with us our
whole life long and have huge consequences, for ourselves, for our
families, and for many others who touch our lives.
Perhaps
no one can say where the little choices we make in our lives will
lead, nor what big choices we may have to make later in our lives.
But one
things for sure, the people you see or hear about who do things that
really hurt people (sometimes large numbers of people) almost
certainly did
not
get enough practice making peaceful choices -- before
their
lives took them to them moment where they began doing serious harm
to themselves and to others.
If they
had been practicing the art of choosing peace long before that
moment, then they would have known the right thing to do when the
time came.
So now is
the time to begin asking yourself, "What can I do to create more
peace, in my own life... and in the world?" Look over the links
below for more information on how you can help create peace in the
world. Then talk it over with your family, your friends, and your
teacher. Make a plan for what action you can begin taking, right now.
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