World Peace

Helen Tran, Grade 12

All obstacles to world peace can be resolved. If you looked up world peace in a dictionary,
chances are it would say something about tranquility, and non-violence. If you searched for a
synonym, it might even say a truce. However, World Peace is far more than just a truce. A truce
is an agreement to stop fighting. If we are to achieve world peace, we must, every day, make a
difference. A globally known quote states that “Peace begins with a smile." It’s said that a smile
can light up a room, so imagine what a world of smiles can do. If every day, someone does
something kind for somebody else, it will create a ripple effect. Think of the times when you’ve
dropped a stone into a pond. It generates a small ripple at first, but after a while, that little ripple
spreads throughout the entire pond. Now, think of world peace. If someone apologizes to
someone else, and that person do the same, imagine what we can achieve.

The first step in achieving world peace is to understand the factors which influence it. These
factors include understanding, respect, non-aggression, non-interference and equality. These
major headings may seem like common sense to us, but this generalization isn’t enough to help
build and maintain world peace.

Once people start understanding each other, they would begin developing high viewpoints
about the other factors. Conflict refers to misunderstandings, misconception, disagreement,
differences of opinion and personality clashes between two or more individual. Conflict provides
for the first stepping stone towards war, so to avoid this we must limit exposure to
misunderstanding and act appropriately to certain situations, hence creating peace. Respect and
non-interference usually come automatically through understanding. Respecting other people
includes respecting their nature and culture too. The popular belief says if you respect others,
others will respect you back. Being patient and understanding every situation in life are the main
aspects you should consider to develop maturity in your behavior. This maturity will definitely
bring self-respect and will make you value other individuals too.

Keeping your attitude calm and peaceful helps, you maintain that serenity which turns your
decision making into extremely non-aggressive. It is crystal clear that harsh speech and insulting
words always bring disagreement and conflicts. To reduce such conditions, people should avoid
anger and hatred towards other religions, cultures, civilizations, states and countries. We human
beings, together make up a generation of curious people. Famous Idioms such as “curiosity killed
the cat” is something we should consider. Seeing curiosity as being so powerful, causing death,
we could straight away jump to the conclusion this has an opposing meaning to world peace. We
should learn to “Mind our own business.” It does not mean that you should not help others in
their difficulties and keep yourself tied to your environment. Everybody should mix up with the
world, but at the same time, it is vital not to interfere into others’ work, cultural habits, religious
matters, properties and daily life. Thus, there are a small percentage of individuals out there who
may challenge this belief. They may argue saying “But a cat has nine lives, so who cares.” Well
maybe they are right; perhaps we should be curious and interfere with others life. But the group
of “other people” being referred to is the group whom have such an attitude. If we want to
promote world peace, we must interact with “these group of individuals,” to try and alter their
way of perceiving things, hoping that these messages stays engraved in their minds.

Why is equality so important in this world? Why is everyone so hungry for equality?
Equality is the act of treating an individual in the same way you want to be treated, being polite
and behaving well with others. It requests for equal opportunities, equal access to specific
facilities and acceptance of all groups. Equality is commonly seen to pair up with the word
justice. If words can be grouped and paired together, we humans should be doing the same. Our
world needs to interact more in positive ways. We must aim to create love and peace, not war.

In conclusion, all obstacles to world peace can be monitored, controlled and resolved. Taking
a sneak peek into our world, already we see people taking little steps together, creating bonds and
linking hands to balance out the inequality happening in the world. Large support organisations
are seen to be the main contributor to help maintain this peace we are seeking. These contributors
provide us with free education, free or low cost access to health facilities and laws has been
made to protect and provide equal work opportunities in the business world. Keeping in mind

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that it’s not necessary for us to think black and white. It is important for us to understand, that we
are the individuals who can make a difference.

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