A Season for Nonviolence is a national 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities.  Inspired by the memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this international event starts January 30 and ends April 4 and thus honors their vision for an empowered, non-violent world.

 Daily readings are just one of the highlighted activities practiced during the season.  AUSD schools have been provided materials by which teachers and administrators integrate these daily readings to the school day.  Today’s reading is based on the principle of giving.

Giving

The thought for today is Giving.  Practice generously giving by sharing time, talent, energy and material resources with others.  Whatever you give, do it without thinking of getting anything in return.  Do it as a service, not reluctantly, but with joy.  That is a real gift.

Give away things we no longer use. Give time to a volunteer organization. Give away our personal resources to a cause that supports and practices non-violence.

Whatever you give, be sure it is from the heart:
"Not in what we give, but what we share,
For the gift without the giver is bare."