64 Days, 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence
You are invited to open your heart during these 64 days of A Season For Nonviolence and actively become part of your community by offering your help and your talent to others. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez all showed us that one person can make a tremendous difference in the world. The time is now, and we are the people.

We learn to practice nonviolence one step at a time, one choice at a time, one day at a time. This is how each of us, in our own way, move the world in the direction of peace. If it was up to me, there would be 365 days a year dedicated to A Season For Nonviolence.
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DAY 1 Jan. 30: The thought for today is COURAGE.

"I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." -Anne Frank

When you discover that everyone is contained in you and you are contained in everyone, you have then realized the unity of life. You realize you are not just a person; you have become a beneficial force. Wherever you go, wherever you live, those around you will benefit from your life. Even when one unassuming man or woman in a community has the courage to lead a nonviolent life, she will make her contribution, and she will slowly inspire others to make the same contribution, because human nature responds to such an example.

When we can say, “Whatever comes, we will not be afraid because the divine Self is within us,” then this resoluteness and faith will enable us to work free from tension, agitation, and fear of defeat. The person who works in this way is at peace, because he or she is not anxious about results.

Today: I will light a candle to symbolize my commitment to accept the courage to practice 64 Ways of living nonviolently.