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In this
cold and isolated world, people treat each other warily. We
do not know whom we can trust. We do not know whom we can
depend on. We are afraid. We do not know what to expect
from people. We are scared of confronting in someone who
might seem nice but underneath the horrible disguise; it is
just someone who wants to hurt us. Someone plotting evil
plans against us. It makes me feel spiritless, lonesome and
disappointed that our society can cause these concepts to
enter our minds. It just shows that even if we wish as hard
as we can, we will never live in a warm and friendly world
of no one will cooperate.
***
On a cold
winter’s night, with nothing to do, I feel asleep in my bed
while reading an ordinary storybook. Maybe it was just the
atmosphere that I was surrounded by or the book that I was
reading but I dreamt of a magical dream. It was like as if
it was sending me a message. And I lived to tell the story
of my dream.
***
Walking down a
deserted road with nothing in sight, I felt a cold breeze
blowing on my body. I turned around to look at what was
blowing at me. As I turned, an angel magically appeared in
front of me. She spread her wings delicately as she stood
on a cloud. She carried a wand decorated beautifully with
nothing out of place. Her hair was golden and shiny. Even
her sweet voice sounded like honey syrup when she asked me a
question;
“What, if you
had the powers to, dream of changing in this world?”
The question
hit me by surprise that it took me a while to recover. The
question got me thinking. Thinking about myself, the
society, the world. There would be a lot that I would dream
of changing to make this world a better place.
Discrimination is a big issue that has every corner of the
world covered. Some people are racist to those who have a
different religion or a different colour skin. Two hundred
years back, when European settlers arrived in Australia,
they did not treat the Aborigines fairly. Fifty years
later, the Europeans’ attitude toward the Aborigines changed
slightly but ti was not until thirty years ago that they
were able to gain back the rights that were taken away from
them one hundred and seventy years before.
Half across
the globe in America, the “white” Americans did not treat
the “black” American equally. There were special rules that
the Blacks had to follow while the Whites were free to roam
the streets. Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X and Martin Luther
King Jr. all had one thing in common; they wanted the Blacks
and White to treat each other like brothers. But it is not
until now that the Blacks and Whites are more like brothers
than ever before.
As each
generation come and go, the numbers of racists have
decrease. However, there are still some people out there
who are still racists. Hopefully, as more generations come
and go, the numbers of racists will decline until the word
race or racist is deleted from this world.
Another
issue in this world that I dream of changing is third-world
countries. Countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia do not
have enough food to eat to sustain life. Those who are
“rich” in those countries can afford to buy food and are
always first in line for any kind of supplies or hand outs,
either luxury for themselves or for other who are as
fortunate as them. Those who are less fortunate are stuck
with what is left on the ground for them to eat. Some who
cannot find food has to eat bugs and rats, which carry
diseases. However, if they do not ear, they will dies of
starvation.
There is also
no clean water. The water supplies that are available
cannot support everyone. The people hardly take bath let
alone have enough water to drink. Those who live near
rivers drink water from them, which can be polluted by
chemicals and bacteria. Drinking polluted water causes
diseases that will eventually spread all over the body.
Medical
treatment is also poor. Diseases can be caught easily but
unable to be cured if there is no treatment available.
Thousands, even millions die each year of disease and
cancer.
If I could, I
would dream of changing third-world countries into second or
first world countries like Australia or America. This would
allow everyone to have the same advantages over food, clan
water, medical treatment and more.
Crime is
found everywhere on Earth. Crime, which means something
done against the law, is taken seriously around the world.
Stealing, physical and verbal abuses are some examples of
crimes. Although no one likes it, crime is committed every
second every day in this world. In Australia, some
punishments for crimes may differ from other places in the
world because each crime committed has a different weight.
Many people
are affected by these terrible crimes. People who commit
crimes do not think about other people’s feelings. They do
it for their own pleasure and benefits. It is cruel how
these things occur. No one should suffer against his or her
lost. Those who commit crime are heartless and should be
stopped. Conflict occurred when control is let loose.
Crime itself
should be illegal. People who think about harming people
are horrible. This world would definitely be better without
them.
If I could, I
would erase all the “bad guys” from this world and take them
to another planet where they would have nothing to do. And
back on Earth, everything would be calm and peaceful.
Peace, on the
other hand, is the most important thing in the world. It
affects everyone no matter how you far you try to run away
from it. Conflict occurs when people do no have peace.
Many soldiers fought in terrible wars just so that their
countries could be free. War start just because countries
either want to gain possessions or power over other
countries. If we learn to forgive, forget and learn to
survive with the circumstances, there would be no out
cries. Peace will be on earth. We can learn this by
studying the great Confucius’ teachings and laws to have a
good and happy life.
And as if the
angel would read my mind, she said patiently:
“It takes time
for everything to change. It might not happen in a second,
a day or a year but eventually, if everyone co-operates,
things will be better and maybe, it will turn out better
than what we expect.”
So I guess
that nothing is perfect. We all have to live with what we
got; will all our love ones, families and friends.
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