PEACE!?

PEACE
Since the beginning of mankind, there has been conflict and unrest among us. Fighting, rioting, murders, assassinations, and war are all forms of man’s inability to relate with different cultures, ideas, and beliefs. It is our human stubbornness and stupidity giving way to violence, opposed to looking for compassion and understanding within each other. We use war to strive for peace under the false assumption that killing those who disagree will give us peace. It is a logical to believe that those who suffer the murdering of their loved ones will simply lay down their arms and accept a peace. However, it is clear that when given the choice between peace and war, peace is the more wanted option among the two choices. Peace is the end result of war. It’s also the state that occurs before wars begin.
Peace can allow for happiness to blossom, peace is a state where people are at their happiest and their most productive. Problems are solved by discussion and compromise rather than military might, and everyone may not be in agreement with each other at the end of the discussion, but everyone lives on. War is the opposite of peace, and a rises from conflicts. War is bred by violence, and leads to more violence. The energy that would be used to create and build is now used to kill and destroy anything perceived as an enemy.
The youth of our current generation has been exposed to war. They have seen the televised horrors of terrorism, and experienced the horrific images of battle. While we have always justified the use of force to end conflicts, perhaps the youth have finally realized that it is time to change our ways. We have the power to change the fate of the world for the better through peace. It is through our compassion and understanding for our fellow man that we can bring ourselves to peace. Without our compassion for one another, we are nothing more than animals. There is a better way to solve our problems than with a gun it is to use our hearts and our minds.