Nonviolent living is the day-to-day process of applying the principles of creative nonviolence in our lives and in our society. Some of these principles are:
- We all matter.
- We are all connected.
- We all have a piece of the truth and the un-truth.
- We all suffer when we divide ourselves into “Us versus Them,” an attitude that fuels violence and blocks our full humanity.
- We strengthen violence when we cooperate with it.
- We are not reducible to the evil we commit.
- The means are the ends in the making — and therefore need to be consistent.
- Our power to connect and create is stronger than our power to dominate and destroy.
- We have more power than we think to create nonviolent options.
- Love is stronger than fear and destruction.
Nonviolent living is a day-to-day process of upholding our own humanity and the humanity of others. This means:
- Questioning anything that undermines or destroys our humanity or anyone else’s.
- Not running away from violence.
- Not cooperating with violence.
- Engaging and challenging violence.
- Removing our support for violence.
- Creating win-win solutions.
- Mustering the love, courage, and creativity necessary to make those win-win solutions a reality.
- Connecting with others to support this ongoing process.
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