With respect and affection I am inviting you to reflect upon the following words with my hope that they can support/inspire your own thinking:
Louise Diamond, CEO of The Peace Company writes that the
FOUR PRINCIPALS OF PEACE
can be understood as:
1. Community – the understanding that we are profoundly interconnected and interdependent; that my well-being depends on yours; that the quality and mutuality of our relationships is what matters; we are all in this together.
2. Nonviolence – the understanding that love, respect,
appreciation of differences, empathy, compassion, and nonviolence naturally arise from the first principle (our oneness), and that living with the open heart – able to apologize, forgive, reconcile, heal, and understand one another – is necessary for life to thrive in this world we share.
3. Witness – the understanding that peace is a seed that resides deep within, awaiting our intention and attention; that peace grows (and glows) from the inside out; that we are living witnesses of that peace when we choose to connect with our deepest source of values and purpose, and live and move from that infinite presence.
4. Cooperation – the understanding that we co-create the world we share; that power ‘over’ is always separative, ending in injustice, oppression, violence, and despair, while power `for’ and power `with’ and power `to’ are the natural expressions of our unlimited creative ability to work together to insure a world that works for all.
Source: http://thepeacecompany.com