December 25 – Radical Gratitude: Take a few moments to list the three (3) past difficulties or “crises” that created the most pain for you. Now take a few more moments to list the three (3) current “obstacles” that are giving you the most frustration. Finally, add the three (3) future-based worries that cause you […]
December 24 – The Invisible Footprint: Go the entire day today giving back more than you take from every person or place — Give out more food than you consume. Take away all the garbage you personally generate with you in a bag (while attempting to generate as little trash as possible). Do more for […]
December 23 – Facing Fear: Take a few moments to recognize and then list your three (3) most potent fears (e.g. death, abandonment, ridicule, pain, poverty, etc.) … Then, choose to remember that those fears are not only irrational, but that they also only exist in the future – never in the Here&Now … Now […]
December 22 – Cleansing Envy: List three (3) possessions that others have that you wish you had. Now choose to be Happy for their “success” by anonymously doing something kind for each of them today. Bonus Activity: In addition to the afore-mentioned anonymous Good Deeds, approach each of these people personally (even if it’s merely […]
December 21 – Beautifying the Planet: After work or school, find either a park or a long stretch of sidewalk in your neighborhood that looks “messy”. Then, for at least one hour, clean it up. Be creative and have fun while doing so … Notice how much better it feels after you’ve finished. Notice how […]
December 20 – Taking the New Way: Take a few moments to envision your normal routines, noting all the routes you normally travel – to work, to school, to the store, to the gas station, to church, to the post office, to the park, to home, etc. … Today, whether you “have to” or not, […]
December 19 – Paying Attention to your Life: Take a few moments this morning and jot down everything you did yesterday and when you did it. As far as it’s feasible, repeat everything on that list today, trying to exactly duplicate your yesterday — only this time, open your eyes and Look Around you while […]
December 18 – Respecting the Earth: Upon waking, stay in bed a while and think about how the Earth provides for you — without its air, you would suffocate; without its water, you would die of thirst; without its animals and plants, you would starve … Upon rising, go immediately and lower your thermostat significantly. […]
December 17 – Refreshing your Outlook: Go find a tree that you can climb and climb it … Sit there a bit a look around. Notice how everything looks quite different from a higher perspective. [note: climbing a tree isn’t required – any view “from above” is OK] Note: It doesn’t matter how high you […]
December 16 – Detachment from Expectations: List three (3) expectations you have for your own behavior/performance. Now write a letter to yourself releasing you from those “demands” & mail it today… List three (3) expectations you have related to the behaviors or performance of three “major players” in your Life. Now write notes to each […]
December 15 – Space-Cleansing: Gather all the used catalogs, magazines and newspapers in your home and take them to be recycled. Bonus Activity: Cancel your subscriptions to all paper-based periodicals. For a Peace Pilgrim who neither regularly reads nor subscribes to any such periodicals, I had to get a bit creative here. And yet it […]
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