Jeremy Gilley and Jude Law
Watch the documentary Peace One Day.
It’s a documentary about Jeremy Gilley’s journey to create Peace Day – a day of global cease fire.
At first, Gilley does not believe he will succeed. His goal is simply to build a compelling story of how apathetic the world has become.
He starts with speaking with UN officials to see if there is support for the notion and what would be required. He begins with speaking to Sikirin Pendergast, Undersecretary general for political affairs at the UN to find out what would be required for the process.
Support of many influential leaders is the foundation of the answer. So Gilley moves on to talking with leaders in war torn regions of Africa, travelling in through Nairobi, with support of the United Nations.
There’s a plan in plan and then again there isn’t. Like most great endeauvors, Gilley feels his way into the next situation, planning the next steps based on what happened at the last encounter.
As I watch the documentary I recall the words of an early mentor of mine. “You have to push the rope in the middle, Teresa.”
“Seriously?” I’m in disbelief. “What fool would push on a rope?
“Push the rope in the middle and run like hell,” he repeats. “The ends of the rope will always follow.”
An image forms in my mind of what he’s saying. “Find the people who agree with you. Forget the opponents. Just gathers those who want to help and move forward powerfully. The rest will eventually be dragged along for the ride.”
The highly influential know, there is no gold in trying to convince the nay-sayers. Gather supporters and run like hell towards your goal. It starts with strong relationships.
This article shows how difficult it is to be a peace maker. However, questions might come up if the parties say yes on peace and the next moment they start making war again, not only outside the Western world in some African countries, but especially actually seen in Gaza to Ukraine.
Very true. It’s a complex subject needing constant attention.
Attention….I would say rather more anticipation is needed!
Surround yourself with supporters!
I think strong relations come as a result of people seeing what you accomplish. Many people say they will do something, but few actually make any real attempt. It can seem the hardest thing in the world to start something, but when you finally get it moving people jump on board. That’s not to say that it can’t be mentally, spiritually and physically draining or that the momentum of international aggression we see at the moment is easy to stop. I just hope it can be stopped in time.
As Carnegie said: “A man covinced against his will is off the same oponion still,” regardless at however skewed that may be. I wish him the best
informative article. Than you
Thanks Teresa, Reminds me to continue to push forward or the rope just sags.
Thanks for sharing. Interesting article.
Very Interesting post about a documentary that describes about the peace Day. Keep Sharing…
if you wanna know how apathetic people are it’;s enough to check facebook , they are like they barely see each other … i like this article , a great one now i am thinking how to do so in my case , as a new artist who needs lots of support, and strong connections!
Beautiful concept. Where is the documentary available? Would love to see it!
influence is a very important aspect of getting ANYWHERE in life. Good
Thank you for your wise advice! I always did exactly that without really understanding why. And that worked. I will keep doing it, but now consciously
Jeremy has a great idea. The first step is to get warring parties to be at peace one day of the year. The next is to get them together for a celebration on that day. 🙂
Doing the right thing is never easy…
Thanks Teresa. You had an impact today! I was lucky to see this wisdom. It was just the kind of inspiration I needed.
Rlly resonate and inspiring history thanks for sharing 🙂
Great idea – to push the middle the the ends will follow, going to be so useful