Sedona Interfaith Fellowship

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN MY COMMUNICATION Day 21, February 19: Today, I recognize that my words and actions directly affect others. If you believe your words affect others, you will want to be sure your words are spoken from a place of love and you will also be interested in their reactions. …

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN MY COMMUNICATION Day 20, February 18: Today, I talk less and listen more. Today focus less on what you wish to say and take time to listen to the feelings behind someone else’s words.  Being fully present for the conversation and interested in what that person is saying…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN MY COMMUNICATION Day 19, February 17: Today, I speak with kindness, respect, and patience to every person that I talk with on the telephone. Everyone is a part of the divine. God is inside everyone. Today, imagine every time the phone rings that God is calling. Envision God on the other…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN MY COMMUNICATION Day 18, February 16: Today, I tell the truth and speak honestly from the heart. Today, think of one thing you haven’t told someone close to you that you think about when you are with them.  Reverse perspectives.  Imagine that this person has the same thought…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Day 17, February 15: Today, I take time to tell a family member or friend how much they mean to me.  Imagine that a person in your life were to disappear today.  What inner quality of that person would you miss most?  Tell her/him today what…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Day 16, Feb. 14: Today, I make a conscious effort to smile at someone against whom I have held a grudge. Gandhi wrote, “Nonviolence is based on the assumption that human nature…unfailingly responds to the advances of love.”  Get in touch with the love that you…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Day 15, Feb. 13: Today, I practice compassion and forgiveness by apologizing to someone whom I may have hurt. Today, acknowledge with another a mistake you made, and offer your heartfelt apology.  Be compassionate with yourself as well, and see your mistake as a lesson of…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Day 14, Feb. 12: Today, I reflect on whom I need to forgive and take at least one step in that direction. William Shakespeare said, “Being rancorous is like taking poison and expecting someone else to die.”  Take that first step toward forgiveness, both for the…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Day 13, Feb. 11: Today, I hold no one hostage to the past, seeing each as a work in process. When we forgive, we do not condone hurtful behavior.  We simply recognize the humanity, the fallibility, of the other and that there is something more important…

7 DAYS OF AFFIRMATIONS FOR NONVIOLENCE IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Day 12, Feb. 10: Today, I choose to be aware of what I talk about and I refuse to gossip. What we say adds or detracts from peace in our world.  We add to peace when our words pass through three filters.  Before speaking about another…