ALYSSA MIKI KANASHIRO NAGAO

In a social sense, peace is used to mean the absense of conflict and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.
But in the history books it is shown that since the beginning of humanity, the primordial ages, we’ve been fighting among us, blinded by greed, by money, by power and selfish desires, unfortunately remaining until today, in full pandemic, where there are still many disagreements and very discrepant social differences.
Acknowledging all of this, I often ask myself: What has led people to greed and selfishness? Will we ever have peace in the world? Sometimes it looks like this struggle is never gonna end.
I believe that to reach the World Peace, empathy and respect are essential to harmony and balance in the world. Everybody is tired of losing friends and loved ones due to the selfishness of others, everybody is tired of waking up and seeing in the news new deaths and fights over selfishness and greed. Yet our history is also marked by the resilience of those who fought for peace and freedom, who believed that violence and war were not the solution. Conscious rulers have come together to find ways in which peace can be built and maintained through sustainable activities in communities around the world. International organizations were created to preserve peace, for example the League of Nations, later the UNO (United Nations Organization) who fights until today and believes in a better future for the next generations. I believe that if there are people who want to help change the world for better, we still have salvation. Martin Luther King Jr once said:
“- If we are to have peace on Earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.”
As long as there is someone in the world who wants to help and wants to change the actual perspective, hope does not die. Giving hands to others and striving for respect and equality for all, world peace can be a not-too-distant future.