WORLD PEACE!!! It brings to mind the
story of the man who wanted to change the world and went for an elder’s advice.
The elder advised him to start with himself if he was going to change the
world. He didn’t understand.
He went back home and tried
changing the world but could not, so he decided to change his continent but
could not. He tried his own country but could not. He tried his State, then his
Local Government Area, but still could not change anything. He tried to change
his neighbours but yet could not. He later decided to change his family – his wife
and children and still could not. So he decided to change himself.
He was able to achieve this and
because
of the changes in his life, the family changed, the neighbours followed, the Local Government, the State, Country, the continent and finally the World changed in turn.
of the changes in his life, the family changed, the neighbours followed, the Local Government, the State, Country, the continent and finally the World changed in turn.
If everyone is seeking to achieve
such a difficult task, why don’t we start with the small task of changing,
first of all, ourselves?
World Peace is an ideal of freedom,
peace and happiness among and within all nations. It is the professed ambition
of many past and present world leaders.
You definitely have heard of
World War before! There have been 2 of them since 1914. The first, which broke
out in Europe in 1914 had over 40 million casualties including the death of 20
million civilians and military men.
One of the major striking results
of the war was a large redrawing of the map of Europe because all the central
powers lost territory and many new nations were created. In addition, a major
influenza epidemic started in Western Europe in the later months of the war which
killed millions in Europe and then spread around the world. Overall, the Spanish
flu killed at least 50 million people.
And for the Second World War,
over 70 million died, the majority of which were civilians. It was the
deadliest and the most expensive war ever fought: the complete economic,
industrial and scientific capabilities of participating nations were harnessed
towards the war.
We have heard of World War twice
but we are yet to have World Peace even for a day.
Do you seek to change the world?
Let me suggest five ways you can achieve this, but it all begin with YOU:
- Start contributing positively by avoiding street fighting
- Drive carefully
- Be kind to others
- Be courteous, and
- Pray for others.
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