The Youths Creating A Peaceful Co-existence
What does a peaceful world look like to you? How can the youths work together to achieve this? “Run!” father screamed. I jumped out of bed as I heard his voice; there was chaos again. The two houses, just opposite ours, had been engulfed by fire. I had seen them blow up too. Mother was frantically trying to get my siblings up; after what seemed like an eternity, she finally got them fully awake and alert for the trouble around them. She grabbed their hands and instructed me to follow closely at her heels as I was the eldest. Everyone was running helter-skelter, the terrifying youths were at it again. This was not the first time, the youths would strike, and I was quite certain it would not be the last. I looked back and realized father was not coming with us. I tried to bring my mother’s attention to this, but she was too busy trying to get us to safety. I kept tugging at the edge of her blouse till I was able to get her attention, “Father”, I said while pointing towards the direction of our house and panting as though I had just run a hundred-meter race. There was visible confusion in my mother’s eyes, and I wonder till today if she had considered going back for him. The next thing we heard was a loud sound right from the direction we were coming from, it was our house. The roof of the house I had lived in all my years was literally flying in the sky. My father! My heart palpitations had increased by a thousand, and I broke into sweat. The Peace Conference was getting nearer, and my mind kept taking me to how my father could still be alive if there had been peace. Here was an opportunity to save lives, and I would not miss it, not with that traumatizing incident I experienced. If we were to have a peaceful co-existence as neighbors in the society, then I believe it starts with the youths. The younger ones need to know why it is important for them to love one another. To care about every other person as much as they care about themselves. This has to be instilled into them by everyone, the parents first, their teachers, and the leaders in their various religious organizations. All these people have to let the younger ones know why they need to love every other person as themselves. The youths can also take up seminars, and conferences, just like the one I am hosting and give insights to why anything but a peaceful society would be destructive. It is commonly said that the idle mind is the devil’s workshop. We could create an ambassadorship program that would help get the youths involved. Here, we put them in a position where they become the preachers of peace and then ensure there is an award for outstanding ambassadors and compensation awards. This builds them and leaves them no time to get into society’s bad vices. We need to build constructive minds, celebrate their little achievements and never leave them with a reason to believe that violence can solve anything. We need to make them interested in peacefulness itself and being intentional about fostering a peaceful society. ALSO READ: How to Become a Content Creator: 10 Steps To achieve a bright and peaceful future, we start by instilling the importance of the youths who would indeed become the leaders of that future. We need all hands on deck to build a place we can always call home.
