• Maha Ghosananda, a Cambodian Buddhist teacher, says, "When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world." In your journal, make peace with yourself about something that has upset your internal equilibrium or your harmony with others.

• The next time you are tempted to rip someone apart or give them a piece of your mind, write a letter in your journal that you never send.

• Collect pictures that have a calming, peaceful effect on you. Paste a few of them at the back of your journal to contemplate during those times when you feel ill at ease with yourself and the world.

• What does the idea and the ideal of the peaceable kingdom where the lion lies down with the lamb mean to you? What steps have you taken this week to make the world a more peaceful place?

• Gandhi said that "noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good." Give an example of a situation when you have found that noncooperation, nondoing, or not taking sides has supported peace.

• Who is the most forceful and impressive peacemaker you have ever encountered? What did you learn from that person?

• What institutions in society should be teaching people the arts of peaceful resolution of conflict?

• Be an instrument of God's peace in your home. Refrain from the use of sarcasm, ridicule, or teasing as weapons against each other.

• Make your household a witness for peace in the world. Sign "The Family Pledge of Nonviolence" available from the Families Against Violence Advocacy Network (Institute for Peace and Justice, 4144 Lindell Boulevard, #408, St. Louis, MO 63108). Commitments in this pledge include: respect self and others, communicate better, listen carefully, forgive, respect nature, play creatively, and be courageous. Periodically review how you are all doing with the pledge.

• Identify "conflict resolution" projects in your community. Sometimes they are called "anger management" programs. Bring one of them to your church, synagogue, school, library, workplace, or other community center.