To be in good fortune, to an end of misfortune, to have prosperity, to have ownership of material possessions, to be the home where the parties take place, to chuck it all for a peaceful relationship with people, to not use anyone, to not oppress anyone, to put a nix to one's yetzir harah, to extinguish evil intentions, to not put on airs, to not pretend to have more than one has, to not try to impress people, to not have to be the "life of the party" to not be at a party at all.
To be safe, stable and secure in one's home, making it a happy home, to not pretend what is not. To not be arrogant, to not be selfish, to not exert one's pride over another's, to not say you want to be of help when what you really want to do is to hurt.
To love your family and not have it to be a nest of adversity. To teach your children how to have peaceful moments with each other, not to teach them to thrive on negativity. To take a compliment and to be thankful for a positive comment, to not thrive on hurtful comments.
To show someone sincerity, to feed one's family, to not withhold what you have when you have enough for two, and are only one person.
To bring G-d and holiness into every conversation, to always talk about Torah and its teachings. To never exclude Torah from conversations. To bring righteousness and its benefits into your brainstorming, to be gentle, to show selflessness.
To try to change the world by starting with changing yourself. To have an oath with G-d, a covenant with G-d, to make a secular new year's resolution to always be peaceful and not to be argumentative, to let someone else do the talking, to be a listening ear, to not try to get nurtured at someone else's expense who is not getting enough.
When G-d is the source of your love, there is always enough love to go around. When G-d's existence is scoffed, there is no love, there is no peace.
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