LiViNg PeAcE

Here’s something else to think about.

I believe that to change the world people have to know some facts first. Most of us know there isn’t much peace around, but we don’t usually know what causes this. We have seen in the news the assassinations of people and the massacres caused by wars. But there is much more to wars than just fights between countries. There are child soldiers. Today, there are more than 300,000 children under 18 that serve the government as soldiers or make part of rebellious groups. Some of these children are even eight years old! These are kids that have a whole life to live. Imagine eight year old using guns to fight against something they might not even understand! There are more than 33 countries that use child soldiers. Some of these countries include Iraq, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Turkey, Sudan, and Uganda among many others. Children are more vulnerable to these violent acts because of physical and emotional immaturities. They are easily convinced because many times they do not know the implications and the dangers they will be facing. Children that are poor and have limited access to education are most likely to become child soldiers. In many cases, children are pressured into becoming child soldiers. If this isn’t the case, it can also because they believe they will have an easier access to food and security. As I did before I know about this, you probably think most of the child soldiers are boys. This is false. It was actually proven that in many countries such as Ethiopia and Uganda most of the child soldiers are girls. Girls are often raped or given to commanders as “wives.” Because of lack of experience, strength, and strategies; children are often sent in the front lines to protect older and more experience soldiers. They are also sent first into the minefields; that way, if they cross safely older soldiers know where to step. In society, child soldiers aren’t usually recognized. There are very few governments that inform their use of child soldiers. Because of this, many people don’t even know that this exists.

         “NOTHING TO KILL OR DIE FOR!”

Please let the world know about this! For more information please click on the link below: http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/facts.htm

Even though I am very passionate about peace, It is not the only thing that passes through my mind. As I sat on my computer I realized I did not know what to write. Today, I was not in the mood for writing about somebody else; I was more in the mood of writing about myself. What do I do most of my time? I really don’t know what I do. I was thinking on what to write, when I realized that is exactly what I do most of my time. Think. I think about different things, but mostly about what has happened in my day. I like to revive moments. I daydream. Even if what is going on inside my head is not real, I like to dream, because if you dream hard enough, you dream might just seem real. I strongly believe that when you want something, the universe will find a way to make it happen. If this is so, why not think about things you like? Maybe, just maybe, the might come true. As defined in Wikipedia, a wish is “a hope or desire for something.”It has been said that wishes can be good, even if they don’t come true. This is because when a person makes a wish; they usually realize what it is that they want most. When people become aware of this, it usually becomes a personal goal. I believe that it all works by believing. If when you wish, you believe, it will come true. “What is meant to be will always find its way.”Sometimes we lose hope. I am highly guilty of this. As time goes on, if our wishes don’t come true, we tend to forget about them of lose faith. Life does not always go how we would like it to, but I repeat “what is meant to be will always find its way.”

About three months ago, I had one wish. I was almost sure it would never come true. As time went along, I could not seem to forget that I was told that it would come true. Until about one week ago, I was still waiting for it. I seemed so far away. I lost hope. I thought wishes this wild could never be. I was wrong. When it did come true I reminded my self that WISHES DO COME TRUE. Hope is all. No matter how difficult things are, we cannot lose hope, because if hope is lost, all is lost.”While there is life, there is hope.” 

Answer  Every WISH of your HEART

Freedom of speech? so much to say about such a short frase! For me freedom of speech is having the ability to say what you think without getting in trouble for it. I do not mean that you can just say bad words wherever you want but that you can say your opinions and agreements without being judged or punished. I think we have different right as a person and as a blogger. I believe this is so because in a blog, everyone sees what you have to say. In reality, only people that are really intented to hear it do. In a blog, I think you have the ability to say what you think as long as you don’t harm anybody or corrupt the minds of younger readers. Since you probably know, the internet is opened to anyone who has a computer. By everyone, I also mean children. If we write about things that maybe their parents don’t want for them to know just yet, we will be corrupting them. I don’t think it is for us to judge what we would like children to hear, but for each independent parent. It can also be hurtful.We could  express things online that our friends might agree with but other people may find offensive. I think this is a very delicate subject to discuss because every one probably has a different opinion on what is offensive. I think we have this right on the blogs as the U.S. constu¡itution promises, but we have to be more careful because people from other cultures and countries also access the web!