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| + | ====== The Art of Peace ====== | ||
| + | <html> | ||
| + | <style> | ||
| + | .stanzas { | ||
| + | text-indent: -5%; | ||
| + | font-family: serif; | ||
| + | font-size: 18px; | ||
| + | width: 90%; | ||
| + | line-height: 200%; | ||
| + | margin: 0 auto; | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | .stanza { | ||
| + | margin-bottom: 2em; | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | p { | ||
| + | margin-bottom: 0; | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | </style> | ||
| + | <div class="stanzas"> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Do more than your fair share.<br> | ||
| + | Do not keep count.<br> | ||
| + | Do not hold it against anyone.<br> | ||
| + | There is no “balance.”<br> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Be fair in your judgements. | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Be lenient in receiving other’s judgements. | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | For every impasse, decide:<br> | ||
| + | Change what you cannot accept.<br> | ||
| + | Accept what you cannot change.<br> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Listen.<p> | ||
| + | Think.<p> | ||
| + | Speak. | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | If you cannot think of anything to say,<br> | ||
| + | repeat what you’ve heard in your own words so as to convey that you understand. | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Practice reflexive empathy:<br> | ||
| + | Observe the emotional state.<br> | ||
| + | Say what you have observed.<br> | ||
| + | Ask why you think this state has arisen.<br> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | The reward is not the goal,<br> | ||
| + | it is an unbidden benefit. | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | The journey is intrinsic,<br> | ||
| + | there can be no journey without a destination<br> | ||
| + | but the destination is not of utmost importance<br> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Do not make promises you cannot keep. | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | As a general rule, it is not better to be right than in the right. | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="stanza"> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Your time and patience being of limited supply:<p> | ||
| + | For those important to you,<br> | ||
| + | Be generous. | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | For those operating at your behest,<br> | ||
| + | Allocate what is appropriate.<br> | ||
| + | Do not exceed this allocation.<br> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | For those outside your community,<br> | ||
| + | Be frugal.<br> | ||
| + | Do not let those without consideration co-opt your limited resources.<br> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | </html> | ||
