Finding Peace

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, and the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron." This wise statement was once spoken by Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 during a speech about how war effects everyone involved in it. Whether it's been through a direct experience, read about, heard about, or through some other means, it's guaranteed to change someone's life. Maybe it will just have a minor effect on them, or maybe a huge effect such as a loss of a family member, but no matter what people will be affected.

Many people argue that there should be no war. Others say that it's the only way to settle a problem like that. One thing people can agree upon however is that no one seems to like it. Without it what would this world be like? Could you even picture a world without any kind of disputes? For many people, it would be difficult to picture such a life. We have grown up hearing about war or some kind of common argument every day. If the world had no such thing as war how would we settle our differences? If there was no war would we even have any problems to worry about? As you can see, trying to get rid of such a thing may even be hard to do in our minds, so to have it become a reality seems like a dream. If there's a way to it people must try to get along with each other, and as an old saying goes, "one person can make a difference." If one person can settle a problem with someone else, that'd already solve a problem right there. Now think if everyone did this, we'd have a world with no war.

The point I'm trying to get at is that if one person can fix a problem then who's to say that the world couldn't? If the world wasn't in constant war anymore, then other problems people are concerned about could then be fixed, such as poverty, world hunger, debt, and more could then be solved. We'd then have a perfect world. Something like this would take time though, a lot of time. But if we can make a difference I say we should start now.