How Can I Make Peace Come Alive in My World?

 By Jessa Mae Margallo
First Year – Gauss, Liceo de Cagayan University High School, Cagayan de Oro City

Don’t ask what the world needs
Ask what makes you come alive,
And go do it!
Because what the world needs
Is people who come alive!!! (Howard Thurman)

‘What should I do to help make the world a better place? There seem to be so many problems we face; don’t know what I should do.’

It is my belief we all have activities that make us come alive.

And when we are engaging in those activities we are giving back to the world.

When we are doing the activity that makes us feel alive, we are more joyful, in touch, peaceful and in tune with ourselves and the world around us.

Being alive allows us to be the best we can be and therefore make the world the best it can be. PLUS when we are engaging in an activity that fills us with passion we are engaging our inner spirit, our intuitive selves. We are living from a place of wholeness and passion.

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

Still we are all tempted to say: ‘It is all an idle dream, this hope of peace – a foolish bit of fancy that has taunted humanity through all the centuries and never really comes alive’.

We hope for a day when family members will respect the sanctity of the home and the quality of human life.

We hoe for a day when governments will rule with integrity, honesty.

When we as individuals are at peace with God and within ourselves, only then can we promote and proclaim true peace to the whole world and justice.

True peace should be based on justice and equality for all, regardless of ethnicity, intellect, educational qualifications, social status, age, or gender.

It means an acknowledgement and recognition not only of our own worth, but also that of others.

Whatever is said or done should inspire and promote that peace: not gossip, not the demoralization of others, not discrimination, not confusion, not hatred, not exploitation or oppression.

The search for true peace begins with each individual.

When such peace dwells within the life of each one, there can still be hope for peace among all people in the world, especially among those who are marginalized and broken. There is no doubt that we live in a world of great darkness, where weapons are unbelievably destructive, and hatred is unmistakably strong.

Thus, the hope of peace and goodwill is the deepest longing and need of humanity.

We hope for a day when wars will end, when nations will dwell together in unity, when justice, righteousness, and freedom will prevail.

One major difference is that today there is no shortage of advice on how to gain peace of mind.

I will pray to God that Peace will be spread all over the world so that many people will be enhanced to do good things.