While in Adelaide this week, I had the opportunity to meet the amazing Dr Gill Hicks who was speaking with global education guru, John Hunter at a World Peace Games event hosted by Annesley Junior School.

Dr Hicks was a survivor of the London terrorist Bombings in July, 2005 where she lost both legs below the knees. Today, she is well known as a motivational speaker with a message of tolerance and compassion.

Some of the gems of wisdom I noted from her presentation included:

• We should celebrate our capacity to adapt and learn from over 60,000 years of indigenous wisdom within our own country
• Ideas are really powerful, they connect us and cannot be killed by a suicide bomber or war.
• Design thinking helps us come up with new and greater ideas
• We need to get creative
• Peace can be exhausting, it’s not a nice, soft or easy option. Peace can be very challenging
• Talk with people who have different view to you

  Have a look at her TED talk

It was a pleasure to hear from John Hunter who is doing amazing things around the world with students in a quest for world peace.  Here is his TED Talk …

Congratulations to Luke Ritchie Principal of Annesley Junior School as well as his staff and students for putting on this very inspiring evening.