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Monday, November 16, 2009

Peace?


Will we ever live in a peaceful world? Why or Why not? What steps does our government need to take to decrease crime in our nation? What do our governors need to do to create more law 'abiders' within our states? What about the mayors of our cities? What about you? What can you do to promote peace within your circle of influence?

Famous Quotes on Peace:

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one....Agatha Christie

We make war that we may live in peace....Aristotle

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence....Dorothy Thompson

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy....George Washington

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace....H.H. The Dalai Lama

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist....Indira Ghandi

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace....Jimi Hendrix

We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic ethic of how we resolve our disputes and to place an emphasis on peace in the way we relate to one another....Marian Wright Edelman

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

People will always be people and be violent and cause chaos. The government should at least put stricter rules on the crimes to make peace more attainable.

LaciMerie's Mommy said...

You find peace within yourself, and your surroundings.

pak_attak_7 said...

i believe there will never be total peace but i believe you treat people how you wanted to be treated so be cool and people should do he same unless they got something wrong with them.

Aavila79 said...

I believe we will never live in a peaceful world, maybe in our next generations our children’s children will be able to live in a world where they will have no fear of going outside to play without having the fear of getting shot or kidnapped. Our government needs to improve our financial status so then we can focus on locking up all the people who have committed crimes, and will actually have the money to keep them there. The government also needs to create stricter laws so that when someone commits a crime they will not be given a minimal consequence and will be punished for their crime. Our mayors of our cities need to be more involved with our community and with our youth, they are the future and if they act up now and feel unwanted they will rebel against all possible help in the future. To promote peace within my circle of influence I can help kids I know with issues and struggles they are dealing with, and help them understand that violence isn’t the best way to solve things.

lindaram2010 said...

i don't think that there would be peace any time soon. To find peace people need to change their ways and think more in a kindful way. in order to have peace we all need to change our ways of thinking.

bbyjewels said...

I personally don`t think we will ever have peace in this world just because the population is so great. The diversity of the people makes it easy for one person to come up with something to have controversy with another. One thing leads to another, and there goes our 2 minutes of peace. As long as I have peace in my life, as selfish as it may sound, I can care less about the world`s peace. As long as there are ignorant & immature people living here, there will never be peace and that`s that!

mrsgracec said...

I don't think that there will ever peacefull world. Now in days people are getting crazyer and crazyer. There would only be peace in heaven. I think that people need to start changeing their ways and the way they think and maybe ther would be some diffrence but even then it would not be a world of peace!

dennis55 said...

You must find peace within yourself before you try to spread it to anyone else. But sadly I believe that we will never have complete peace in this world, but we can at least try to bring peace to the people around us.

ethridgej said...

There will never be complete peace in this world. We are to selfish of people. If we would look at situations and ask how we can help and what you can do this would be a tremendous start. Help others before you help yourselves!

marissa murillo said...

There won't be peace in this world any time soon because everyone has a different way of thinking and sometimes all they think about is that whatever they do or say is right even though others may not.Though the only reason they are like that is because they were raised like that.

rkecskes123 said...

"Peace sells, but whos buying?" A lyric quote by a poltical genius named Dave Mustaine from Megadeth. Peace is out their it really is, but no country wants to take it. We just have to many issues with other countries and vice versa. The world is filled with hate, violence, murd, and people who just want to cause chaos among the world. Governments should always talk about peace among others and how to obtain it, but in reality they don't because they want to keep people living in fear so they may control us. You might call me crazy, but truely believe the government is just wanting to make money off us and wars.

Shruti Lavingia said...

People have spent their whole lives in the war for peace and hoped for a world of utopia. In my opinion there will always be war as long as anger is around. In a sence it balances the world out because where there is good there is always bad as well but we shouldn't tilt the shift towards the bad side more. In order to find peace in the world people must find peace within themselves and their homes first. If people could learn to do that the world would definitely be a much better place.

Anonymous said...

Peace seems to of become a universal luxury. In the universe, there must be conflict in order to have peace. Without the bad, there could never be good and so on and so forth. This world may experience a moment of peace but like a shooting star, it will disappear as quickly as it shot by. At this moment in time we are experiencing crimes against humanity in all shapes and forms. With how much bad there is out there, there is a glimpse of good. On a personal and spiritual level we have the opportunity to achieve peace but it is the most difficult of all. Eastern cultures support this idea of reaching peace by quieting the mind and meditating. Due to our hectic lives filled with constant demands and fear, we block out the chances of achieving true inner peace and happiness. With years of discipline and practice, we could achieve this goal. If we could all do this and commit to finding our inner peace, the world would see the brightness of God's glory. We would then experience a world of peace. A minuscule amount of people understand this and decades from now, maybe even years, congregations of people will support this: That peace is found within us first. How else would we be able to change the world? Remember that we must forget about things like pride and power. We must thrive for peace and love with our heart, soul and mind.

Unknown said...

I think that it would be nice for the world to live in peace but I don't think it'll ever happen :( there are too many stubborn negative people out there who are the way they are and they will never change. Our government is only getting worse and the way they are going it won't happen. If only they took care of serious problems in this world instead of stupid unnecessary ones it would help out a lot and make the people happier.

Unknown said...

World peace is such a beautiful thing to think about. Unfortunately, i do not believe it will ever happen, some say put better laws or be more assertive. however, there are always people who rebel. no matter where you live people will always want to do what they want to do. I believe peace can be fulfilled within yourself by doing acts of kindness and by doing things that make you feel calm and collected. However, world peace as a whole will most likely not happen.

yarixa said...

This world will never have peace at least not soon...but if treat people with respect and treat them like we want to be treated then maybe we can make a change on our own...and there wouldn't be so much hate and violence in this world ...we should all love each other and not be so judgemeantal...but there yet there is people out there who aren't as positive as others and see things their way...so really there might not be so much peace but we can try doesn't hurt

Unknown said...

it is important to have peace and make peace with everyone because life is short and there is no time for everyone to commit violence. we need peace.