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64 Ways in 64 Days -- Daily Commitments to Live By These principles for nonviolence were adapted by the Denver Area Task Force for: A Season for Nonviolence - January 30-April 4, 1998

Inspired by the 50th & 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. Today, I will reflect on what peace means to me. 
2. Today, I will look at opportunities to be a peacemaker. 
3. Today, I will practice nonviolence and respect for Mother Earth by making good use of her resources. 
4. Today, I will take time to admire and appreciate nature. 
5. Today, I will plant seeds--plants or constructive ideas. 
6. Today, I will hold a vision of plenty for all the world's hungry and be open to guidance as to how I can help alleviate some of that hunger. 
7. Today, I will acknowledge every human being's fundamental right to justice, equity, and equality. 
8. Today, I will appreciate the earth's bounty and all of those who work to make my food available (i.e., grower, trucker, grocery clerk, cook, waitress, etc.). 
9. Today, I will work to understand and respect another culture. 
10. Today, I will oppose injustice, not people. 
11. Today, I will look beyond stereotypes and prejudices. 
12. Today, I will choose to be aware of what I talk about and I will refuse to gossip. 
13. Today, I will live in the present moment and release the past. 
14. Today, I will silently acknowledge all the leaders throughout the world. 
15. Today, I will speak with kindness, respect, and patience to every person that I talk with on the telephone. 
16. Today, I will affirm my value and worth with positive "self talk" and refuse to put myself down. 
17. Today, I will tell the truth and speak honestly from the heart. 
18. Today, I will cause a ripple effect of good by an act of kindness toward another. 
19. Today, I will choose to use my talents to serve others by volunteering a portion of my time. 
20. Today, I will say a blessing for greater understanding whenever I see evidence of crime, vandalism, or graffiti. 
21. Today, I will say "No" to ideas or actions that violate me or others. 
22. Today, I will turn off anything that portrays or supports violence whether on television, in the movies, or on the Internet. 
23. Today, I will greet this day--everyone and everything--with openness and acceptance as if I were encountering them for the first time. 
24. Today, I will drive with tolerance and patience. 
25. Today, I will constructively channel my anger, frustration, or jealousy into healthy physical activities (i.e., doing sit-ups, picking up trash, taking a walk, etc). 
26. Today, I will take time to appreciate the people who provide me with challenges in my life, especially those who make me angry or frustrated. 
27. Today, I will talk less and listen more. 
28. Today, I will notice the peacefulness in the world around me. 
29. Today, I will recognize that my actions directly affect others. 
30. Today, I will take time to tell a family member or friend how much they mean to me. 
31. Today, I will acknowledge and thank someone for acting kindly. 
32. Today, I will send a kind, anonymous message to someone. 
33. Today, I will identify something special in everyone I meet. 
34. Today, I will discuss ideas about nonviolence with a friend to gain new perspectives. 
35. Today, I will practice praise rather than criticism. 
36. Today, I will strive to learn from my mistakes. 
37. Today, I will tell at least one person they are special and important. 
38. Today, I will hold children tenderly in thought and/or action. 
39. Today, I will listen without defending and speak without judgment. 
40. Today, I will help someone in trouble. 
41. Today, I will listen with an open heart to at least one person. 
42. Today, I will treat the elderly I encounter with respect and dignity. 
43. Today, I will treat the children I encounter with respect and care, knowing that I serve as a model to them. 
44. Today, I will see my co-workers in a new light--with understanding and compassion. 
45. Today, I will be open to other ways of thinking and acting that are different from my own. 
46. Today, I will think of at least three alternate ways I can handle a situation when confronted with conflict. 
47. Today, I will work to help others resolve differences. 
48. Today, I will express my feeling honestly and nonviolently with respect for myself and others. 
49. Today, I will sit down with my family for one meal. 
50. Today, I will set an example of a peacemaker by promoting nonviolent responses. 
51. Today, I will use no violent language. 
52. Today, I will pause for reflection. 
53. Today, I will hold no one hostage to the past, seeing each-as I see myself-as a work in process. 
54. Today, I will make a conscious effort to smile at someone whom I have held a grudge against in the past. 
55. Today, I will practice compassion and forgiveness by apologizing to someone whom I have hurt in the past. 
56. Today, I will reflect on whom I need to forgive and take at least one step in that direction. 
57. Today, I will forgive myself. 
58. Today, I will embrace the spiritual belief of my heart in my own personal and reflective way. 
59. Today, I will enlarge my capacity to embrace differences and appreciate the value of every human being. 
60. Today, I will be compassionate in my thoughts, words, and actions. 
61. Today, I will cultivate my moral strength and courage through education and creative nonviolent action. 
62. Today, I will practice compassion and forgiveness for myself and others. 
63. Today, I will use my talents to serve others as well as myself. 
64. Today, I will serve humanity by dedicating myself to a vision greater than myself.