Peacebuilding Legend Robert Muller Passes

It was 5 years ago that I first became aware of Robert Muller as part of my work to create happiness around the world. It wasn’t long before I discovered both the depth and seriousness of his commitment to peace, and the story that led him through Nazi occupied territory as a member of the French Underground to his role as U.N. Assistant Secretary General.

Robert was well-known and well-liked at the U.N. and his reputation dubbed him as the most optimistic leader at the U.N., especially when things looked grimmer than could possibly be imagined.

In my last discussion with him he expressed grave concerns for planet earth due to the rate at which earth’s population is exploding. The ease with which he rapidly integrated supporting facts and figures for the various countries he cited, mixed with his own observations, hopes, and plans, was clearly not what we have come to know from our 80+ year old elders, let alone most other people on the face of the planet.

Robert was a master who came to earth determined to show us and guide us to create lives of hope and light, and guarantee that our children and grandchildren had an even brighter future than that.

While Robert was personal friends with such public figures as Gorbachev, it was the Robert Muller I knew that I’d like to share with you. It was the Robert you’ll wish you’d known all your life as he takes you through laughing out of your seat to the depths of what it is to be human in the worst of times.

It seems only fitting that he passed on September 20th, 2010 on the eve of the International Day of Peace, a day he was intrumental in creating back in 1981. He was due to receive a lifetime achievement award on the International Day of Peace, and if I had to guess, he chose to depart early so as not to tarnish that special day for us, with the mourning of his loss.

Here is Robert at his charismatic best. Once on this page, please click the link that says, “Click here to listen to these two talks” and start listening from 4:20 onwards:

http://www.goodmorningworld.org/documents/040215/index.htm

You can read the biography of the Prophet of Hope here.