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Recommended: A note on peace education

I came across this book quite recently as an assigned reading in Gkisedtanamoogk’s Peace and Reconciliation. Which, incidentally turned out to be on of my favorite college courses. The basic premise of the book is that by making four basic agreements with ourselves we can create a more positive and loving world. The agreements are; to be impeccable with your word, don’t take anything personally, never make assumptions, and always do your best. When I first began reading I thought this was a likely to be a highly oversimplified way to look at our worlds, but through group discussion and further reading I’ve found the philosophies put forward by this book to be hugely profound. By being impeccable with my words I spread less negativity about

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