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includes shipping and handling to La Paix Herb Farm, 3052 Crooked Run Rd., Alum Bridge, West Virginia 26321.  You may
specify the Prayers you would like.  Each bookmark is individually laminated.

Here are suggested issues in your personal life and in governments whose result can be a matter of choice.  Pick one to work on as you take this journey into the Interactive Peace Museum.

An Issue of Peace of Mind

1.  Your life is so full of responsibilities and conflict that you cannot concentrate on peaceful feelings.

2.  There is someone in your life who is constantly sabotaging you and making you feel terrible.

3.  You cannot stop your thoughts which roll around in your mind going from one problem to another problem like a mental squirrel cage.

4.  You are anxious in certain situations and dread the possible onset of the situation which makes you anxious.  This makes you even more anxious.

5.  You feel depressed and lack energy.

6.  There are so many things wrong with the world, and so many groups demanding help that you feel besieged by all the problems and don't know what to do.

        or choose your own issue.  Make sure to state the issue clearly.  Write it out on a piece of paper.
In fact, you might want to jot down the various paths you have taken as you venture through the Museum. 

After you have picked one issue to work on, scroll down and pick three things you could do to resolve this issue.  If you would like to read a prayer before going on, click here.  If you would like to walk a labyrinth to meditate on your issue before starting, click here.  http://www.lessons4living.com/finger_labyrinth.htm   One way to walk the labyrinth which you might like:  First circle:  state your issue, Second Circle:  state the emotions around the issue.  Third Circle:  State the physical and economic ramifications of your issue.  Fourth Circle:  How does this issue effect you personally and spiritually?  Fifth Circle:  Ask whoever is your highest power to help you.  Sixth Circle:  You get a manifestation.  It may be what you already thought, but it may be something completely different.  Seventh Circle:  You get the first step.  Middle:  Relax-don't think.  As you come out of the labyrinth, in each circle think about what you learned.  Peace!

For those who question whether their thoughts effect others, click here for a fascinating experiment:
http://www.globaldialoguecenter.com/emoto_exhibit_flash.html

1.  Below are various techniques & steps you may choose to take to address your Issue of War or Peace.
    Click on the three which you think would be most helpful.

2.  After picking the three techniques/steps you think would be most helpful, research each by
     a)  Clicking on the suggested web links  and
     b)  Research each technique/step on the web; in your library; with an expert of your choice.

3.  If you would like to preserve and clarify your learning:
    a.  List your issue.
    b.  List the three choices you made and detail the research you have done on each.
    c.  State why you think that step or technique will work or not work.  You might want to consider some of the questions
         below in your analysis:
         1.  Is the step pro-active or reactive?
         2.  Can the step be done by yourself or do you need to create or join an organization?
         3.  Does the step mean that the culture in which you live has to change?  In what way?
         4.  Does the step mean that the structure of your government has to change?  In what way?
         5.  Is this a step to be taken world-wide, country-wide or on a smaller basis?
         6.  If this is a step you can take by yourself, what are the risks involved?
    d.  State what you think the results of your intervention will be.
    e.  State what you might want to do next, if anything.  (examples:  1.  form a discussion group through email or in         
         your geographic area  2.   do further research.

4.  If you would like,  send your summary in an email to the author of the Interactive Peace Museum.  I would be happy to
     learn from you what you think of the Interactive Peace Museum, what you liked about it, and what could be improved.
     If you have techniques or steps and links you think would be useful in this website, please send them to me.  Thanks!     

 Finding Peace of Mind - Techniques and Steps

1.  Ask an expert in Conflict
Resolution to work
with you and the other party.  For information
about Conflict Resolution:

 

http://www.transcend.org/pctrcluj
2004/TRANSCEND_manual.pdf

http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/

http://www.sit.edu/contact/

http://www.transformative
mediation.org

http://www.peacemakers.ca/
bibliography/

http://www.transcend.org/tpu/courses.
shtmlAA_SL_Session=e3cf35ccbefa252
b00856fbb49d32cef&x=139

http://www.gsoa.ch/gsoa/en/
europe/interven.htm

2.    You can do something to help
others and stop thinking about all your own problems.  Learn about another religion than your own and how that religion emphasizes helping others.

http://www.sgi-usa.org/

and http://www.sgi-usa-study.org/

http://www.kenkmak.com/coventry_
greens/thecall/call_02.htm

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/70/story
_7038_1.html

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2002/
oct/02100704.html

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/charities/policy/
cpc/cpc-016-e.html

http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and
_culture/religion_and_
spirituality/faiths_and_practices/
christianity/denominations_and_
sects/catholic/organizations/charities/

3.  Sign up for a class in Yoga or purchase a video tape on Yoga and do exercises regularly.

 

http://www.kundaliniyoga.org/
classes.html

http://www.real-yoga.com/

http://www.tantramagazine.com
/kriya.htm

http://www.evolutionaryyoga.com
/lessons.htm

http://www.treeoffitness.com/Yoga
/Yoga%20Pose%20of%20the%20Month/Pose_of_the_Month
_Club.htm

http://www.fulcrumblu.com/
lessons.htm
 

http://hathayogalesson.com/
 

4.  Sign up for some Assertiveness Training so that you can tell the person who is bothering you that they are to stop.

 

http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/chap
13/chap13e.htm

 

http://www.tsuccess.dircon.co.uk/
assertivenesstraining.htm

 

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets
/html/improving_assertiveness.html

 

http://www.amanet.org/seminars
/seminar.cfm?ID=1525&Cat=204&org=Sem

 

5.  Leave the setting in which you are
so distraught.  If necessary, move out
of the house, city or country which is causing you mental pain. 

http://www.healthyplace.com/
Communities/Anxiety/strong/law.asp

 

http://health.bizhat.com/first_
aid/over_breathing.php

 

www.bloorviewmacmillan.on.
ca/webpdfs/tipstress.pdf 

 

http://www.esfbchannel.com/
symptoms/sp.php

http://www.snbw.org/

http://www.onlinelegalcenter.com/

6.  See a Doctor, a therapist, Psychologist  or Psychiatrist and discuss your problem.  Ask about medication
that might help.

http://psychologytoday.psychtests.
com/tests/
do_i_need_therapy_access.html

http://www.healthyplace.com/
Communities/Depression/manic_
depression.asp

http://www.24dr.com/admin/
about.htm

http://www.4therapy.com/locator
/index.php 

http://therapist.psychologytoday.
com/google/prof_results.php

http://www.apahelpcenter.org/
articles/article.php?id=49

http://www.sharedpaths.com/
wellness/joy1.htm

7.  Learn about stress - what it is, how to treat it.

http://www.uhi.ac.uk/current/
health/stress.shtm

http://www.symtrend.com/tw/
public/tours/wellness.html

http://www.authenticity.com.
au/stress.html

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/health/
hlive/stress/articles/0,12709,546547
_546565-1,00.html

http://www.worldwidehealth.com/
Directory/health/general/health-related-links-by-topic-stress-treatments.php

http://www.mindtools.com/

http://www.ivf.com/stress.html

http://www.imt.net/~randolfi/
StressLinks.html

http://www.apahelpcenter.
org/articles/topic.php?id=3

http://health.discovery.com/centers
/mental/articles/optimism/
optimism.html

8.  Discuss with your friends,
colleagues, family what is
happening and things that can be
done for your peace of mind.

http://www.uhi.ac.uk/current/
health/stress.shtm


http://www.ancestry.com/learn/
library/article.aspx?article=8272


http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/
mi_go2821/is_200303/ai_n7597610

http://www.hillel.org/Hillel/NewHille.
nsf/0/C2265B14F5AE03C085256CE70053
FB1C?OpenDocument


http://repository.upenn.edu/
dissertationsAAI3073056/

 

http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr
/2_2ahaspr.htm

 

 

9.  Get involved in something you
believe in!  For example, Create a
Peace Festival.  Invite small businesses which are producing products in an environmentally friendly way.  Have music for peace. Include Illustrations
of peaceful ways to negotiate disagreements; examples of
sustainable development: water,
energy, housing, transportation.

 

http://www.quakerpeacefair.org/

http://www.peacekidz.com/
peacefairs/

http://www.luc.edu/ethics/0410
2peace_fair.shtml


http://www.worldpeace.org/
rffestival.html


http://www.mcc.org/bc/peace/

http://www.pym.org/young
friends/images/2004_peace_fair
/2004_peace-fair_1.htm

http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/
uk/uk_visu_action.asp?Code
Action=1587

10.  Conscientious Objection

 

http://www.europarl.eu.int/charter/
civil/pdf/con238_en.pdf

 

http://www.network54.com/Forum/
viewall?forumid=72106&it=1669

 

http://www.wri-irg.org/co/rtba/rtba-int.htm

 

http://www.genealogybin.
com/virginia.htm
 

 

http://www.pym.org/worship-and-care/upt-co.htm

http://www.nisbco.org/

11.  Create a culture of peace.
 

http://www.peacekidz.com/peacefairs/

 

http://www.people4peace.net/

 

http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/
uk/uk_sommaire.htm

 

http://www.culture-of-peace.info/

http://www.culture-of-peace.info/cultureofpeace.html

http://www.culture-of-peace.info/ssov-
intro.html

http://culture.yurope.com/who.html

http://www.peace.ca/vowworkshop
kit.htm

12.  Get back at the person who is causing you mental anguish by
giving him/her/they "some of their own medicine".  In other words, do unto others as they had done unto you.

http://www.apl.com/boomerang
box/p120202.htm

http://www.zmag.org/zinn
calam.htm

http://prevent_terrorism.home.
att.net/

http://www.nuclearfiles.org/re
documents/1954/54-dulles-mr.html

http://www.unison.ie/features/us_
retaliation/

http://www.bethlehemmedia.
net/feat26.htm

http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/
Commentaries/lessons
earned.htm

http://www.pristinegrace.org/
media.php?id=385

13.  Find a massage therapist whose method you like, and make regular appointments.

http://www.thanoshotels.com
ans/anstreat.html

http://www.amtamassage.org/

http://www.101lifestyle.com/beauty
/massage/massage.html

http://www.naturalhealers.com/

http://massage.ca/

http://www.massagetherapy.co.uk/

http://skepdic.com/massage.html

http://www.askanowner.com/
qa/view.asp?guid=&sid=1&qid=75751

http://www.naturalhealingcenter.com
/creative/zenmassagecenter.htm

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/
psychology/health_psychology/
massagetherapy.html

http://www.pregnancy.org/article.php?sid=1987

14.  Pray for Peace by yourself or with
a group of people who are praying
from all over the world.

 

http://www.lapaixherbfarmproducts.
com/peacepoembyellenbasshtm.htm

 

http://www.heartlight.org/prayerforthe
nation/iprayforpeace.html

 

http://www.incommunion.org/articles/
introduction/prayers

http://www.mountosb.org/bfp.html

http://www.uri-geller.com/articles/
help-uri-pray.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A649217

http://www.ctbi.org.uk/news/2003/nrctb
i0325.htm
 

Peace Prayers From Many Cultures

15.  Consult a clinical herbalist to prescribe herbs which would alleviate your stress.  Consult other alternative healers.  In the United States, get a reference from the AHG (American Herbalists Guild).

http://www.nynjmla.org/nynjnews
_fall_2001_10.html

http://www.americanherbalists
guild.com/

http://www.healthy.net/scr/center.asp?centerid=24

http://healing.about.com/library/
uc_stress_0109.htm

http://www.holisticmed.com/

http://www.naturalhealth
holistic.com/

http://www.ccnh.edu/healthy/
index2.html?adclfr=GG
herbalstudies

http://www.herbsociety.co.uk/
links.htm

http://www.chaof.bc.ca/

http://www.rmhiherbal.org/
ai/faq.html

http://naimh.com/

16.    In order to partialize various aspects of what is upsetting you, walk a labyrinth (using a finger board) or locate a labyrinth  nearby - or make one of your own in your backyard.

http://www.crystalinks.com/
labyrinths.html

http://www.lessons4living.com/
finger_labyrinth.htm

http://www.earthsymbols.com/

http://www.paxworks.com/

http://www.paxworks.com/
products/woodlabyrinths.html

http://www.paxworks.com/
photos/worldpeacelabyrinth.html

http://www.lessons4living.com/
labyrinth.htm

17. Angry and then depressed?  Find some physical exercise which releases the tension.  Make sure it is an exercise that does no harm to either you or anyone/thing else.

http://www.youremotions.com/video
infoanger.html
 

http://www.rkpartners.com/Carter/
angerrelease.asp

http://wuzzle.org/cave/anger.html

http://www.lib.sk.ca/booksinfo/Western
Producer/1980/wp801127.html

http://www.lij.edu/lijh/medicine/
hematology_
oncology/psycho_oncology/
bereavement_anger.html

http://www.allaboutcounseling.
com/anger.htm

18.  Create a sanctuary for yourself in your home or your garden.

http://www.catherinehilker.com/
home.htm

http://www.the-insight.com/spirituality/spiritual-art/

http://www.article-emporium.com/
health-873.htm

http://groups.msn.com/Healing
HeartsTogether/grievingthelossofa
parent.msnw

http://www.simplyfountains.com
/info/helpful-information.cfm/page_id=5213

http://www.1-flowers.net/
article50.html

http://www.webdurango.
com/shared-specialsections/
home&garden2004/neighbor.asp

19.   Instead of feeling besieged by the many charities and causes you feel are worthy, you take time to decide what you can do and what you can't do.  Being able to set limits on your projects bring Peace of Mind.

 

http://www.wholeperson-counseling.org/doc/peace-m.html

http://www.tharpa.com/
background/finding-peace-of-mind.htm

 

http://www.spiritwalk.org/jeffers.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/
compass/s837443.htm

http://www.thehoya.com/
viewpoint/012803/view2.cfm

http://magazines.ivillage.com/good
housekeeping/hb/health/articles/0,
,284595_416279-2,00.html

http://www.ontas.com.au/natural_
experiences/peace_of_mind.htm

 

20.  Take a vacation from stress.

http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/
parent/stress/

http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/
court/6079/Stress.htm 

http://www.yogamovement.com/resources
/yoga_retreat.html

http://www.couragebuilders.com/pages/
13waystodestressemployeevacations.php

http://www.honeymoonsinc.com/Secrets/
SecretsExcellencePuntaCana.aspx

http://www.generationstouring
company.com/html/why.html

http://stressfreespain.com/

http://www.maxximvacations.com
/news/default.asp?id=8

http://www.irishtourism.com/
irish-castles/

http://www.hotelsingermany.com/
Siegsdorf/GasthofForelle/

http://travelchannel.igougo.com/
planning/journalEntryFreeForm.asp?journalID=11550&entryID=8647&n=The+
Aruban+Dilemma

21.  Keep Your Options Open.

 

http://www.freesearch.co.uk/
dictionary/have--keep+your+options+open

http://www.createblog.com/forums/
lofiversion/index.php/t75712.html

http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/publications/nrc-44960
_e.html

http://www.scrypticstudios.com/
index.php/articles/307

http://www.lib.sk.ca/booksinfo/Daily
Herald/DH1987/dh870711.html

http://www.liikenneturva.fi/default.
aspx?desktop=418&language=1033

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions
/gwmag/html/accept.html

http://kumc.campusrn.com/
students/jobresults.asp?company_id=4645

http://www.chester.ac.uk/sgss/
carrplanpen.html

22.  Explore steps, resources if you need to Start Over. 

http://www.startingovertv.com/

http://www.livejournal.com/
community/startingovertv/

http://www.stopdesign.com/log/
2004/05/25/starting_over.html

http://www.geocities.com/Sunset
Strip/Garage/4825/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/
obidos/tg/detail/-/0061098388/
103-6633153-3359807?v=glance

http://www.dhoppe.com/published_
articles/startover.html

http://blog.inc.com/archives/2005/04/08/
succeeding_and_starting_over
_again.html

http://origin.bankrate.com/brm/
news/DrDon/20040416a1.asp

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~sgati/gati
productions/starting_over/
startingover.htm

 

23.   Find a third person who is friendly with both of you and ask them to intervene.  Or contact a group which can intervene to help the person identify and acknowledge their problem.

http://www.autismndi.com/

http://www.lovaas.com/

http://www.quittobacco.com/

http://www.ctri.wisc.edu/

http://www.gettips.com/

http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/
peace/treatment/3ptyint.htm


http://www.lrims.com/FAQthird
party.htm


http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/
publication.cfm?ctype=paper&item_id=355

http://www.intervention.com/

http://www.aetv.com/intervention/

http://brief-treatment.oupjournals.org/

http://www.violenceintervention
project.com/

24.  Adhere to the principles of the Bible:  "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".  Do to your enemy what he has done to you.

 

http://lists.iww.org/pipermail/iww-news/2003-January/001184.html

 

http://www.answers.com/topic/an-eye-for-an-eye

 

http://careerfocus.bmjjournals.com/
cgi/content/full/327/7408/s31

 

http://www.aishdas.org/toratemet/
en_mishpatim.html

 

http://healing.about.com/library/
uc_terror_0109.htm

http://www.lewrockwell.com/
dieteman/dieteman90.html  

25.  Work for people who are in charge
and do whatever they say to do.

http://www.nhrdbangalore.com/Library/
why-downsize.htm

http://isc.bke.hu/htm/course/iec684.htm

http://www.pitt.edu/~nsp3/jobs.html

http://www.nhrdbangalore.com/Library/
why-downsize.htm

http://isc.bke.hu/htm/course/iec684.htm

http://www.pitt.edu/~nsp3/jobs.html

http://www.motherjones.com/news/
featurex/2003/07/we_455_01.html 

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=6008

http://www.dom.com/index.jsp

http://www.need.org/awards/2001awards
/2001schools_year.htm

http://www.portlandtribune.com/arch

http://www.wsws.org/workers/1998/
dec1998/coal-d18.shtml

http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/
geology/geoldvco.htm   

26.  Do nothing.

 

http://www.bartleby.com/62/25/
D0472500.html

http://www.well.com/user/jct/Sreed
hav's_Poems_2/In_Torment.htm
 

http://biology.queensu.ca/~scb/041104.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/
panorama/3577575.stm

http://www.debtworkout.com/
notfaq.html

http://www.tompaine.com/20050428/
articles/the_donothing_energy_bill.php

http://www.familyeducation.com
/article/0,1120,63-22438,00.html

http://www.daveblackonline.com/when_
good_men_do_nothing.htm

 

 

 

27.   Try to stay away from the
wrong-doer.

 

 

http://teenadvice.about.com/
library/weekly/aa101600a.htm

 

http://teenadvice.miningco.com
/library/weekly/aa101600a.htm

 

http://www.selfdefenseforums.com/
forums/archive/index.php/t-8060.html

 

http://www.apahelpcenter.org/
featuredtopics/feature.php?id=38&ch=3

http://www.indiapolicy.org/lists/india_
policy/1998/Nov/msg00186.html

http://southpaw.goodshow.net
/archives/000364.html

http://www.perspectives.com/
forums/forum71/31253.html

28.  Take 2 hours a week to be by yourself in pleasant surroundings.  Do activities which please you and which you have been wanting to do for a long time (e.g. painting, walking in woods, scrapbooking, crafts, writing poetry).

http://quiz.ivillage.co.uk/uk_health
/tests/timeself.htm

http://www.yourbabytoday.com/dreamtime
baby/newbaby/newbaby_yourlife/quiet_
times.html

http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/
n1m648.htm

http://www.bluesuitmom.com/health
/mentalhealth/timeforyou.html

http://www.mercola.com/2005/
mar/9/time_management.htm

http://www.oprah.com/tows/past
shows/tows_2000/tows_past_20000510.jhtml

http://ezinearticles.com/?Mommie-Moments---Taking-Time-For-Yourself&id=26885

http://adtimes.nstp.com.my/
jobstory/2001/feb10c.htm

 

 

 

29.  Do research on where you would
live if you decided to move.  First, itemize the values you have in a living situation,
e.g. environmentally friendly, a distance from other houses, warm climate,
cultural institutions available etc. 
Make a list of five values and then
prioritize them.  Then research other
areas to live in which would have these values.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/ic.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/bh.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/ca.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/bd.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications
/factbook/geos/gr.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/pc.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications
/factbook/geos/ei.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/mx.html

http://www.nesea.org/buildings/
info/lookfor.html

http://www.healthyhomesforsale.com/

http://www.broomgrass.com/site.html

30. Research Value Clarification:  after attaining a list of personal values, compare it with your current situation.

 

http://www.bettermarriageskc.org/
ValueClarOne.html

 

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/
col/affsys/values.html

http://www.rajassoc.com/Evaluation
_ValueClarification.htm

 

http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com
/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?sourceid=0039599664&btob=Y&pwb
=1&ean=9780446670951

 

http://www.vickieenkoff.com/
ccValues.htm

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/smart/articles/
Values_Goals_Clarification.html

http://healthsci.clayton.edu/missroon/
Research%20Course/values.htm
 

31. Call the Police.

 

http://www.fortliberty.org/patriotic-humor/how-to-call-the-police.shtml

 

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/badboys/
callthepolicemarvelbonzaimix.htm

 

http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english
/myontarioweb/abuse-police.html

 

http://www.acjnet.org/victims/
police.htm

 

http://www.renewamerica.us/
columns/lemiska/041030

32.  Sign up to join  the Army, Navy or Marines.  That way you don't have to
worry about your peace of mind.  You
have chosen!  You might get an
education after your stint in the service  leading to a better job.

 

http://www.simsbury.k12.ct.us/shs/
guidance/military.htm

http://www.veteransadvantage.com/
coverstory/PatrickDaley.htm

http://www.wired.com/news/games/
0,2101,53663,00.html?tw=wn_story_
related

http://www.wired.com/news/space
/0,2697,65151,00.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_8683_join-army.html

 

33.  Play the Ratings Game.  If you feel your stressors are unmanageable, rate them on a 1-10 scale with 10 being a catastrophe.  (e.g. 10 being the death of your child within a week and 1 being breaking a fingernail).*

http://www.apmforum.com/news/
apmn165.htm

http://www.infomanage.com/forums
/showthread.php?p=6674#post6674

http://www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt54n.htm

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Current
/Projects/25023.pdf

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/
Current/Projects/25023.pdf

http://www.jhypertension.com/
pt/re/jhypertension/abstract.
00004872-200405000-00012.htm
;jsessionid=C9w
PufOx62kAoS2nZ7g2usdK8Y
1KSLSvEf1nsbWdCf8d6XyV82YM!44480770!-949856032!9001!-1

34.  Count Your Blessings.  Help
people who are less fortunate and
gain perspective - your problems
may seem smaller and more manageable.*

http://www.lyricscafe.com/m/
marley_ziggy/088.html

http://familycrafts.about.com/library/
projects/blthblessorn.htm

http://www.wilk4.com/humor
/humors5.htm

http://www.gatewaytosedona.
com/article/title/CountingYour
BlessingsToBringHappiness/page/1

http://www.secjerusalem.co.il/
Bahaalotja-Bamidbar.htm

http://skywriting.net/inspirational/
messages/counting_your_
blessings.html

35.  Jot down two lists.  In the first
list, put down the stressors you
can change. In the second,
those you cannot.  Then make a
plan to change those stressors
you can.*

 

http://www5.playnet.com/bv/
wwiiolhq/article.jsp?oid=21510

http://www.jknirp.com/pressure.htm

http://www.slim-fast.com/stress_relief/stress_relief.asp?subject=self_hatred&bhcp=1

http://www.healthboards.com/
boards/archive/index.php/t-26798.html

http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/news/oct
02/news_102402_001.shtml

http://www.hunt4brass.com/as.asp?aid=1234842259&fid=4874712

36.  Tired?  Visit one of the many
peaceful gardens around the world.
 


Peace Museum Garden Photo 1.
Feng Shui Gate
Peace Museum Garden Photo 2.
Pavilion and herbs

Peace Museum Garden Photo 3.
Buddha, San Francisco Botanical
Garden
Peace Museum Garden Photo 4.
Sunshine Farm& Garden, Renick,
 WV
Peace Museum Garden Photo 5.
Bathtub in the Garden, W.V.
Peace Museum Garden Photo 6.
The Asian Garden, San
Francisco,CA.
Peace Museum Garden Photo 7.
Road through Lavender Fields,
France

http://academic.bowdoin.edu/zen/

37.  Nonviolent intervention (a class of methods involving the disruption or destruction of established behavioral patterns, policies, relationships or
institutions that are considered unacceptable; or creation of preferred alternatives) (Sharp 1973)

 

http://quixotic1.com/E/2005.04.
10/transnational-nonviolent-
empowerment/

http://vitw.org/ipt/index.html

 

http://trainingforchange.org/
content/view/89/33/

 

http://trainingforchange.org/
content/view/7/34/

http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org
/resources/nonViolent198.htm

http://www.gsoa.ch/gsoa/en/
europe/interven.htm

38.  De-glamorizing cultural violence.

 

http://www.indyweek.com/durham/
2001-05-30/movie2.html

 

 http://www.lewrockwell.com/
orig/trask7.html

http://www.inq7.net/opi/2004/
jan/18/opi_rjdavid-1.htm

http://www.pbs.org/weta/reporting
americaatwar/about/ep01.html

 

http://www.grabthemic.org/
community/node/15563

http://www.lewrockwell.com/
polner/polner8.html

http://www.writingourworldpress.
com/archive/remember.html

 

39.  If your main problem is your employment, consider investigating ways to make the situation better.

http://www.vickieenkoff.
com/ccGoWrong.htm

http://www.quintcareers.com/job-hunting_strategies.html

http://www.aao.org/aao/careers/
employment/

http://www.eto.org.uk/faq/
worksvcs.htm

http://www.jobmonkey.com/teaching/
europe/html/finding_employment.html

http://www.seniors.gov.au/internet/
seniors/publishing.nsf/Content/
Finding+employment 

http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=42&TopicID=182&
DocumentID=2094

http://www.film-makers.com/Resources/
Finding_Employment/

40.  Stop trying to be perfect.*

http://www.mcgill.ca/counselling/
programs/

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/
confratute/confsd.html

http://www.collegeresearch.
us/show_essay/360.html

http://kimstaekwondoinstitu806
3528593.worldpages-ads.com/

 

41.  Get in touch with an old friend.*

http://www.cup.edu/alumni/programs/
findingfriends.htm

http://affiliates.reunion.com/ads/ads/
landing/peoplesearchad2.asp

http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/
press/jobsrelease.htm

http://www.thenjscene.com/article.php?id=8

http://www.courage.org.uk/testimonies/
SheilaLongman.shtml

http://groups.msn.com/Mission
Poland/florida.msnw
 

http://www.navynews.co.uk/
oty/otyvtoz.asp

42.  Get a pet or spend more time with the pet you have, perhaps taking obedience training.*

 

http://dogs.about.com/cs/pettherapy
/a/aa032303a.htm http://www.deltasociety.org/

http://www.holistic-online.com/stress/stress_pet-therapy.htm

http://www.cpt-training.com/

http://paws.shopalberta.com/

http://www.sniksnak.com/
therapy.html

http://www.greyhoundfriends.com/pet%20therapy.htm

 

44.  Learn about herbs.*

http://www.amomslove.com/health-herbs.html

http://botanical.com/site/column_
susun/susun_herbalexp_1.htm

http://www.jobprofiles.org/hea
writer1.htm

http://teaswap.stefmike.org/
teaswap_archives/001224.html

http://www.sissify.com/juice/
earthangel/safety.html

http://www.hort.vt.edu/faculty
/relf/4984/herbd.html

http://www.iahf.com/icop/20000411.html

http://smileherb.com/Smilebiz/
AyurvedaIntro.asp

http://www.purifymind.com/CH.htm

 

 

45.  Buy a relaxation tape or a musical relaxation tape and listen to it regularly.*

http://www.mindtools.com/stress/
RelaxationTechniques/Relaxation
Tapes.htm

http://www.calming.org/

http://www.familyeducation.
com/whatworks/item/front/1,2551,1-9126-534,00.html 

http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Resource
ssupport/Practicalissues/Lifeaftercancer/
Relaxationtapes

http://brain.web-us.com/

http://www.healthyplace.com/
communities/add/addfocus/
focus.htm

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/
facts/stressbustingtechniques.htm

http://www.mothernature.com/
Library/Bookshelf/Books/21/46.cfm

 

46.  Develop a  Walk or exercise routine.*

http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/
internalmedicine/prose/exercise.html

http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/5
15125.html

http://www.muscletech.com/TRAINING
/LUNCHTIME_EXERCISES/Lunchtime
_Exercises.shtml

http://www.healthbounce.com
/recommendations.htm

http://www.allaboutarthritis.com/All
AboutArthritis/layoutTemplates/html
/en/contentdisplay/document.jsp?docID=condition/arthritis/general
Article/yoga_alternative_exercise.xml

 

47.  Breathe*   

 

http://panicdisorder.about.com/
od/shbreathing/

http://www.breathing.com/breathing
-exercises.htm
  

http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/
articles/stress/breath.html
            

http://www.holistic-online.com/Yoga
/hol_yoga_breath_home.htm

http://www.update-software.com/
abstracts/ab001277.htm

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier
/booth/alternat/breathexasthma.html

http://www.acne-advice.com/
relaxation/breathing.shtml

48.  Be creative*

http://www.creativity-portal.com/

http://www.delcaps.org/

https://san4.dii.utk.edu/servlet/
page?_pageid=3574&_dad=portal30&_
schema=PORTAL30

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable
_Type/archives/000876.html

http://www.webreference.com/
dlab/9703/

http://www.surestart.gov.uk/ensuring
quality/birthtothreematters/acompete
ntlearner/beingcreative/ 

http://www.planetsark.com/

http://www.crumbledcookies.com/

 

*Suggestions from an article:  March/April 2000 Herbs for Health www.discoverherbs.com   

Other Issues to be addressed as I learn more