When I look around myself I can see the fear for tomorrow in
the eyes of people. They are worried about their lives and the world they are
living in. I am able to hear the unheard cries of those thousands of mothers
who are losing their children each day. And I ask myself what can I do?
Every morning we wake up, we are confronted by all such news
of violence, crimes etc. on newspapers, radio and other media. The photos
shared on social media of children suffering and dying in Syria raises a
question- Is this the place where each child expects to grow up? Is this the
kind of progressed world we have created for them?
Every child deserves to dream and fulfil their dreams. But
how could these children even dream if they are always on vigil for any attacks
and haunted by the shower of missiles & bombs. Thousands of civilians are
being attacked for no sane reason, including hundreds of innocent children.
Such a cold-blooded massacre in the 21st century! No doubt it is a
humanitarian cataclysm.
In Geneva, the UN children’s fund issued a blank “statement”to express its outrage at the casualties among Syrian children, saying it had run out of words. Yes, we all have run out of words and no words, condolences
or sorrows are of any use to them.
We have got to accept the truth that we are the ones who are
building this reality. We are the ones preparing the modern world to welcome
the newer generations while pointing out guns on new born babies and keeping
the score of children murdered. No other
species on Earth would be as cruel to their own tribe as humans are.
Nevertheless it’s never too late to realise that we could
transform this reality. Nobody is born evil. It is the society that moulds an
individual. The main factor behind these wars is religion. However, the ultimate
purpose of all religions is to serve and benefit humanity. This is why it is so
important that religion always be used to affect the happiness and peace of all
beings and not merely to convert others. So why fight in the name of religion?
Why judge people by their colour of skin? What urged us to acknowledge someone
as an enemy just because of the place they were born in? Why destroy our own
species to gain nothing from it? Why spread hatred and negligence instead of
love and respect?
Hence, let’s all come together to make this world a better
and safe place. Let us for God’s sake stop caring about the gods we pray to.
Rather, let’s create a world full of compassion for all the creatures and care
about Mother Earth instead of widening our country borders. After all, the
Earth is the only place we all have born in and will continue to exist.
The viral picture of a little Syrian girl (not aware about
what’s happening in her surroundings) revealing an innocent smile on her
innocent face, amidst all the rubble, is an expression of hope. It shows the
faith she places in humanity even after all that she had to witness. So, why
don’t we restore that faith for the sake of those children? Only then can we be
proud of the world we have built for them. ‘Let love be our ultimate religion,
earth our home and world peace our aim’.
“What kind of peace do we seek? Not the peace of the grave
or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of
peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and
nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not
merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in
our time but peace for all time”.
-
John F. Kennedy
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