World Peace is Our Dream to Achieve
It's uncommon to talk about 'World Peace' these days, especially in our daily life. That's why people thought it was odd, when I said I wanted to write an essay about 'World Peace'. because we only hear the phrase 'World Peace' in the news so we don't really feel that it affects our daily lives. However, I feel that it is important that we work on this urgent issue. Because of the urgency of this issue, I want to talk to you about it and I hope you reflect on its importance.
First, war is not only a problem for warring nations, but all of countries. As we live on the same planet 'Earth', we can say we are a global family. Because of that, we are related to all of the wars happening around the world. For example, let's go back to the past and think about the Korean War. Were there only North and South Korean soldiers fighting in this land? No. There were others fighting with us and lots of countries helped us by supplying us with supporting soldiers, food and necessities during the war. Moreover, it also effected a lot of the world's economy, society and politics.
More directly, we are the youth who look forward to prepare for our future. If we live only for today, then our life would be much different. However, because we plan to live for tomorrow, this is why we need a peaceful world. Imagine you have everything planned for the future, but what if war breaks out? Do you think you can achieve your dream in that world? Absolutely not. Men would be busy fighting for their lives and others would be terrified trying to escape from the situation. Also, for those who have brothers, they don't even want to think about their family fighting in the battlefield. So, now we can see the importance of world peace. It's necessary to plan for our dreams but first of all, we should work together to achieve world peace.
Then, we can think, what is the peace that we need? Was there no effort to try to achieve peace in our history? Because there is no peace in this world, how can we work to achieve it? Let's start with the word 'Peace' and solve these questions. The definition written in the dictionary says, countries or groups are talking to each other in order to try to end the conflict. Also, it says, if there is peace in a country or in the world, there are no wars or violent conflicts going on. This means we need to end the war in this world to have peace in our life.
In addition, there were people who were trying to achieve peace in the world. For example, Gandhi, Mandela and Mother Teresa. They tried in many different ways to bring about world peace. Not only them but also others who had the same thought participated with them. However, what was the result? As you look around, there are still wars going on in the world. I'm not saying those movements were failures, but it was not enough to bring about complete world peace. Why? Were their effort not enough? Or was it the wrong way to achieve peace? No, I think it is because we didn't try to work together. Like I mentioned in the beginning, achieving peace is not the homework for only some people but all of us. Each of us has our duty to achieve peace. We need to work together to bring world peace in our life.
Especially the youth, as the central influencing force on the world, we need to get together and take the lead to bring about peace. This means we should be the peacemakers instead of the soldiers in war.
This thought could seem hard to achieve, however, if the world gets together in International Peace Youth Group and we gather our strength, I am sure it is possible and we can dream about our future with big smile.
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