First of all let me thank you for the great time we spent in your school – the welcome you gave us was overwhelming. A big “Thank You” to all of you for the nice preparations and the heartfelt meeting. It was definitely a Peace Run meeting to remember.

I still remember my school years – going through many great changes in my life, but also experiencing an uncertainty with all the problems going on in the world. Like many of my friends I was convinced that the leaders of our world can do what they want and that I am quite helpless towards all the events and happenings on this planet.

Nothing was further from the truth. It took me a few years to understand that each human being - even a child – has a tremendous power to make a difference in our society.

Remember what I told you in our Peace Run presentation: we are all part of a global family – regardless of our nationalities, skin-colors or believes – and we all can change the world around us. Maybe not the whole world at once, but we all live in small worlds: our families, our schools, our communities.

Wherever we are in contact with people, we are in the centre of that small world, which is OUR world. There can we have an impact by giving an example to the world around us. Be kind, nice, helpful and most important, create friendship!