Will we ever achieve peace?

Peace is something that we all want to achieve in our lives. But does peace really exist? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) peace is “A state of tranquility or quiet” and “freedom from civil disturbance”. Basically peace is when we find ourselves happy with what we are and where we are in life. We can also achieve peace when we feel free of problems or troubles that can affect us emotionally. There are some people that are not interested in achieving peace for themselves or disrupt others peace. These people can be terrorist, gang members, bullies, people that discriminate, or just a person making rumors.

There are various elements that people do to make peace disappear from a person’s life. The number one element that prevents peace locally is the difference between people’s mentality. Another factor that prevents peace locally is the lack of respect and tolerance towards people from other communities or religion. We often reject people who are, look, or speak differently from us. Our society is not used to accept radical changes or opinions; when a radical change does happen it ends in a revolt or even a war. War is mostly the number one cause that is taking peace away from many Americans. Also, war is the number one element that prevents peace nationally. Right now we are engaged in various wars, one of them being in Iraq. It is expected from experts, from NBC news (2011), to get terrorist attacks in the whole country since American soldiers killed Osama Bin Laden; he is a terrorist that was blamed for the organization of the attack and destruction of the Twin Towers. War is not only caused by terrorist attacks, it is mostly caused by land or natural resources. Therefore, the only elements that can cause peace to vanish internationally are war or disagreements between countries. One example of these elements were World War I and II. They were caused by disagreements between European countries. These disagreements can be caused by simple things and as simple as they can be the disagreements end in war and killing hundreds of people. The United States mostly cause for war right now is oil, it is fighting Iraq for oil and other natural resources; like I said, a simple thing. If we want to I am sure that we can make the achievement of peace easier.

If we put a little effort I believe we can all achieve peace or let others have peace. Another thing that can help us as a society to create peace for others is teach our children to be tolerant towards other people’s opinions and to not discriminate others. If we can educate the children to be open minded I think peace will be easier to get locally. Peace is a state of well-being very difficult to find or achieve but it can only be impossible if we think it is. If we think peace is something we can find eventually we will find it, it is all in what you believe.