Reply #51: Regular pauses for moments of silent meditation and silent prayer [View All]

[JDPriestly]

help to keep the nonviolent momentum at these events. It is important to remember the people that you represent, their tedious, daily struggles.

Violence occurs when people forget that they are marching for those who must be patient just to survive, just to make it through their impoverished day, so they, as marchers, should be patient.

As long as the leaders of the march remind the crowd of the importance of patience, things will go smoothly. If they try to anger the crowd or rile them up, then everything will be lost.