10-peace

All the pledges

We would like to encourage you to make a pledge towards a nonviolent lifestyle and to build peace. A pledge is personal so it is up to you which pledge you choose and how you wish to use it. Pledging towards a nonviolent lifestyle goes step by step.

We would like you too find 5 of your peers that take the pledge with you.
You can come up with your own pledges or use our suggestions. These are all the suggested pledges:


Pledges for a nonviolent lifestyle

I can build my self-confidence by reminding myself every day that I love myself the way I am.

I can think before I react.
I will take a few deep breaths and count to ten before reacting.

When I am involved in a conflict I can respond assertively by telling the person how I feel and asking them not to behave in that way again. I don't have to run or fight.

Conflict does not need to be resolved immediately. I can tell the person that I am too upset or angry right now to respond but that I would like to come back to talk about it later.

There is power in nonviolence. I will remind myself that there is strength and dignity in gentle firmness.

I can develop more self-discipline. By choosing one task and committing myself to doing every day for the next week.

I can use 'I-messages' to react assertively
I feel ... (state your own feeling here - not an idea or judgment)
when you ... (tell the person what he/she has done to make you feel this way - keep to the facts)
because ... (give them a reason for why this action makes you feel this way)
and so .... (what you want them to do in future

I will join groups and choose friends that have a positive effect on me.

I will be accountable and responsible for my actions towards members of my own and the opposite sex.

I will actively listen to others and try to understand them. By not interrupting them when they speak and not being ready with my own story before they finish.