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Building Peace In America

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Eleanor Roosevelt once said " It isn't enough to talk about peace, one must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it, one must work for it." In other words, this quote defines the meaning that we, all the people should not only speak about peace or put full faith in it but instead we must undertake and effectuate it. Every day I see around me leaders from the world are getting together, talking, passing resolutions for peace. United Nation is constantly speaking about changing the world with peace. America has strongly built peace in our hearts and minds so we envision a future full of tranquility. Every time I watch the news, there's not a single day that goes by without saying anybody has been killed or hurt. When I wake up everyday I have this little tiny sparkle of hope saying" today is going to be a better day." But how can our world get better if we don't bring peace to our hearts and mind? What does building peace in our hearts and mind actually mean? …show more content…
To indicate peace, you must actually be able to fully understand how we must connect to peace itself. You must bring a change within yourself and then you can bring change upon the world. Influencing someone to be a better person may be difficult but if bringing it forward in yourself nothing is impossible. Do you know what the difference between humans and animals are? Well most scientists say that we are smart and civilized beings. But are we really, because civilized beings don't hurt, kill, or cause war. Civilized people use knowledge, education to settle problems or situations. But instead we just use violence against everything. There are innocent children who didn't even see the world yet but are killed because of others actions. And the people who commit these actions should be