Neighbors, strangers, community

Start your own personal peace project with these five steps

If we are afraid to touch our suffering, we will not be able to realize the path of peace, joy, and liberation. —Thich Nhat Hanh The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching Many of us worry about wars, terrorism, and violent crime. And we might think we have to join the Peace Corps or the United [...]

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Just a dog? Maybe. Maybe not.

On the way home from the grocery store today, I started crying so hard I almost had to pull over. I was listening to the local news radio station, and I had to shut it off. That happens once in awhile. Yesterday I quickly snapped the knob to the left when the announcer told the [...]

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Bullies Aren’t Born That Way–They’re Made

In sixth grade, I became aware of a girl—let’s call her Gina—who seemed troubled. It was my first year on the “big kid” school bus that brought all of us “valley” kids up to town to go to school, and it took at least a half-hour or more, depending on how far out you lived. [...]

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How Many Ways Can We Harm Someone?

I’m reading Chris Guillebeau’s book The Art of Non-Conformity, and I’m thrilled to announce that it’s great. I knew it would be good, and even though I’m only thirty pages in, I’m shaking my head and saying things like, “Wow. Cool. This is way better than I imagined it would be. I can’t believe I’m [...]

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Have You Forgiven Anyone Lately?

Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive divine. —Alexander Pope Essay on Criticism Just after I turned nineteen, I was hit by a car. It was bad, and I was in the hospital for a long time. It was six months before I walked again without crutches, and it took [...]

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