More Peace

On this day, I'm sending out some love to the world, and wondering what sort of something special I can do today. I can surely find inspiration in this list from "100 Ideas for Creating a More Peaceful World" by David Krieger. I bet many of us do many of these things each day!

• Be generous with your smiles.
• Be kind.
• Respect the Earth.
• Walk in a forest.
• Plant a tree.
• Contemplate a mountain.
• Protect the Earth.
• Live simply.
• Help feed the hungry.
• Erase a border in your mind.
• Teach peace to children.
• Read Chief Seattle's Letter to the President.
• Be honest.
• Demand honesty from your government.
• Think about consequences.
• Commit yourself to nonviolence.
• Support nonviolent solutions to global problems.
• Speak up for a healthy planet.
• Demand reductions in military expenditures.
• Be fair.
• Pledge allegiance to the Earth and to its varied life forms.
• Think for yourself.
• Ask questions.
• Recognize your unique potential.
• Join an organization working for peace.
• Be less materialistic.
• Be more loving.
• Empower others to work for peace.
• Oppose all weapons of mass destruction.
• Support equality.
• Speak out for a nuclear weapons-free world.
• Support a Department of Peace.
• Listen to your heart.
• Help the poor.
• Fight against militarism.
• Study the lives of peace heroes.
• Help create a community peace park or garden.
• Commemorate the International Day of Peace.
• Help strengthen the United Nations.
• Support the International Criminal Court.
• Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Advance the rights of future generations.
• Be a voice for the voiceless.
• Join an action alert network.
• Be forgiving.
• Laugh more.
• Play with a child.
• Support education and the arts over weapons.
• Help educate the next generation to be compassionate.
• Take personal responsibility for creating a better world.
• Sing.
• Write a poem.
• Organize a church service on the theme of peace.
• Learn about another culture.
• Help someone.
• Support the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
• Oppose the arms trade.
• Clear your mind.
• Breathe deeply.
• Sip tea.
• Express your views on peace to government officials.
• Fight for the environment.
• Celebrate Earth Day.
• Think like an astronaut, recognizing that we have only one Earth.
• Be constructive.
• Let someone else go first.
• Plant seeds of peace.
• Work in a garden.
• Change a potential enemy into a friend.
• Be positive.
• Share.
• Be a good neighbor.
• Send a note of appreciation.
• Tell your friends how much they matter.
• Say "I love you" more.
• Don't tolerate prejudice.
• Demand more from your elected officials.
• Walk by the ocean, a river, or a lake.
• Recognize that all humans have the right to peace.
• Respect the dignity of each person.
• Be a leader in the struggle for human decency.
• Be a friend.
• Send sunflowers to world leaders, and call for a world free of nuclear weapons.
• Oppose technologies that harm the environment.
• Lose an argument to a loved one.
• Value diversity.
• Walk softly on the Earth.
• Appreciate the power of the sun.
• Speak out for global disarmament.
• Support a democratic order.
• Teach non-violence by example.
• Remember that "No man is an Island."
• Spend time in nature.
• Boycott war toys.
• Be thankful for the miracle of life.
• Seek harmony with nature.
• Remind your leaders that peace matters.
• Oppose violence in television programming for children.
• Listen to Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
• Celebrate peace.