Renouncing Violence

"To get out of the cycle of violence we employ a counter motion that checks aggression and replaces unconscious reaction with discerned response.  In between the impulse and response is poise and endless possibilities.  ... When our way of life is renunciation then, it’s natural to renounce violence.  Renouncing is a poised, but an active way of living.  We pause and then lean into the right and good, rather than react from our default defenses."

~ Sr. Mary Margaret Funk, Renouncing Violence.