We are people who are dedicated to peace and want to practice compassionate, nonviolent communication as a way of creating understanding and unity and seek support for living in alignment with our deepest values. Human beings are conditioned to judge, criticize, blame and demand, and to think and communicate in terms of what is “right” and “wrong” with people, situations, and circumstances. These habitual ways of communicating drive barriers between people that lead to animosity and sometimes vi …