Peace

          Peace is a state of quiet and calmness. If a country is at peace, there is order, harmony, and patience. Its people will feel secure and live in prosperity. If there is peace in every country, there will be peace in the world and maybe even the universe. Unfortunately, world peace is but a dream that is yet to be achieved.

          Throughout history, there have been wars and with the two world wars in the 20th century being the most remembered by humans. No place in the world has been spared. The Africans have endured almost more than 20 civil wars since 2005. North Korea, China, Pakistan and Iran continue to gear up themselves with nuclear weapons and there are fears of a third world war where these weapons will be unleashed. One thing is for sure, there are no fears of another war after that because the earth would be a total mess if there were a war.

         

          What causes these events that destroy peace and lives? Peace is threatened by a combination of causes. The most common causes are greed for resources, thirst for taking over and disagreement in ideologies. Many problems arised are from the result of one nation coveting another's resources which include land, water, and oil. Others are due to a person's desire to extend his territory and power. Great historical leaders such as Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan went to war with many countries for both reasons. In modern times, many conflicts have risen due to different interests and ideologies. 

          

          But there is something we can hope for. There are groups of people across the Earth that believe something can be done to work towards world peace. The first step is to start with ourselves, us. We must practise self-control and patience personally. We need to teach our children to avoid violence, to accept differences and to turn the other way. When there is harmony in relationships, it becomes a way of life in a country, there will be peace. And if every country adopts a culture of peace and harmony, there is hope that the world will be at peace.

          The key to world peace lies in our hand. It begins with this generation. Hold peace as a personal value, pass on the message to others, support peacekeeping efforts at every level and see things change. We have the ability to make world peace a reality.

The Major Cause Of Stress To Teenagers

          From my perspective, I think that the major cause of stress to teenagers these days are from the society and it involves a little bit of schooling systems as well. As I am a teenager myself, I find cooping up with the world is a time consuming project and sometimes a very stressful one too. Let me just talk about the schooling systems first. As a human being on Earth, education is very important to us, to our family, to our country and to our world. I mean aliens could dominate the Earth anytime now. Well, education is like everyone's top most priority. If you don't have it, you might as well give up on living. That is why our parents will force us to study as hard as we can in order to succeed in the future. Although it's already hard that our parents have to force us to study day and night, the schooling systems just pops out of nowhere and starts ruining your life.

          Why do I say that? Even though we jerked our asses off day and night, we can never surpass their requirements (unless you have like intelligent genes in you then you're good to go but if you don't then good luck). Imagine having to get multiple As at those subjects you can never get an A on in order to enter into the college you want to pursue your studies in. It's harder than you think because the pressure is real. You have to fight with like a brazillion number of students to enter that college and if you don't get that spot you wanted, then good luck finding another one because who would allow a student that got rejected?

          Next is society, where angels are sometimes the masks of devils. In society, when one fails to understand it, you might be involved in cyber bullying, shamed and many more. The world changes every day, suddenly a new trend pops out and when you're the only one who doensn't know about it, you will obviously be shamed. People are like that. They want to maintain their dignity and image that is why they have to shame others first, to keep their position well secured. Who would want to be looked down on others? Therefore, teens have to try their very best to maintain their placing in the outside world.

          When a teenager is bullied, he or she wouldn't have the guts to face society anymore. They are afraid someone might just come from somewhere out of the  blue and publicly shame them. They are afraid to be the outstanding weirdos, afraid to be looked down by the rest and this all can lead to stress. When stress comes and he or she couldn't handle it anymore, he or she will choose the best way for themselves, which is suicide. Suicide is nothing to joke around about. If one of our friends are talking about suicide, it's best to bring them to counseling. Tell them that there is a better way of fixing things. Then, this place wouldn't be such a bad place for the next generation after all.