Homophobia

I personally believe that homophobia is wrong. We are no one to judge who other people should love. Take the relationship between the two individuals in the video. They have feelings towards each other and they are being bullied for it. Everyone should stand up for what they believe it. If someone makes you happy and society doesn't approve then they shouldnt let that stop them. If someone sees that you stand up for what you believe in others will do the same.

Opinion Peace

             After a long day at work or school what you want to do is go home to relax and watch television. As soon as you turn on the TV all you ever hear in the news is about the death of soldiers that occurred in Iraq or how they were bombed at sea. How are you supposed to relax with all this violence going on?

            The reason for there not being peace on earth is caused by a variety of factors. There is an element in particular which places the most significant impact on why there is no peace on earth. The main reason is that our society is greedy. The human race is always bound to want more than what they already have even if it is not a necessity.

            The fact that people are greedy doesn’t just affect us in a single city, single state, but rather worldwide. As much as people may claim that they are not greedy individuals they will reach a point in life where they will be. Maybe not intentionally but they will.

            Greed is something that is not easy to control. It is in our nature to always want more than what we’ve already been provided.

            For instance, take the ongoing war between Iraq and the U.S. they fight for the oil and other resources. There are better solutions to this than just war. They can simply do an alliance and share, but they much rather go through battle to obtain all the control.

            It is not fair for the soldiers that are engaged in battle to be putting their life at stake when there is a better solution. It is also not fair for the military families that have to constantly worry if their loved one will return home safely or if they are going to receive that phone call that will change their life forever.

            People tend to get carried away and begin to think of the things they want rather than what they need. Their essentials of life become insignificant and they begin to emphasize more on the materialistic things. They think that the essentials of life such as peace aren’t as important because it isn’t shown in a materialistic way for example when you’re walking down the street.

            The thing that most individuals don’t know is that peace is something that will always overpower anything money-oriented. Even the wealthiest people in the world can have anything they want but they are still in one sense unhappy because they lack love and inner peace which are things that cannot be bought.

            Some people ask, when do you know you’ve reached the pursuit of happiness? Honestly, no one reaches the pursuit of happiness because when you set a goal to yourself and you attain it, you will challenge yourself for an even more difficult task and the cycle will never end.

Audience: Military Families

My commitments

I think a good way to start contributing to society peace wise is by setting yourself up with goals. For example as a short term goal, i would like to just have a more possitive attitude towards people. Just by being with someone that has a happy personally becomes contagious. As for my long term goal, i want inner peace. Because if i can carry that with me throughout my lifetime i have reached my own definition of peace. Not only that, but also help spread the word to my family and friends about it. If i can get someone to find peace within themselves I know i will have made an change. Even if I'm not able to fulfill these goals that I have challanged myself with, I know that just for the simple fact that I've put them into consideration makes a difference.

Reaching inner peace.

The world that we live in, is surrounded by violence. Since early time, there has been violence going on. If it has been going on for so long how do we expect it to suddenly stop? Theres a high possibility that it probably won't. The only thing that we are left with is inner peace. As an individual that doesn't believe that we will reach a point where there will be peace worldwide i like to have inner peace. Inner peace means that you are mentally and emotionally at ease. What is the point of stressing over that fact that we have no peace around the world and risking your health? Just find peace within yourself and hope for the best.