A personal nonviolent attitude will help to decrease domestic violence so children do not grow up in terror, and families care for one another. Peer mediation can resolve student conflicts. And ministers in churches can speak up against violent settlements of disputes whether they are of a personal, national, or international nature. But hope is not something to dream about. For hope to become a reality, it must be more than a wish made early in the morning watching the sunrise and listening to casualty reports on the radio.
Hopes become realities only when they become part of a way of life.
If I hope for nonviolence, I must begin to live it. Return to Contents.