Personal Choices

 

This year of 2020 has been a rather unique one. The entire world has been dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic which is easily beaten. However, the spread of this virus is killing thousands each day. In this reality is some great irony. For many years the world has been fixated on the importance of the economy. The health, education and peace of society has taken a back seat to profits, economic gains and personal needs. As the world moves through the pandemic, we are learning the need to focus on health and safety before economic gains or personal desires.

When it comes to the individual there is one caveat. That is the focus each of us needs to have on personal wellbeing. The truth of peace is that each of us needs focus on their own issues to obtain peace. This does not allow for each of us to acted disrespectfully to others. What it entails is that we must take greater care of how we act towards each other.

In my personal life, I have lived in a number of war zones. The atrocities I have witnessed has taken its toll on my personal wellbeing. After experiencing the worst of what we will do to each other I have questioned my own sanity. This is how I got to a point where every action was questioned and judging others. Then at the ultimate point I asked myself whether life was worth living.  That is when I started asking children who have been through much worse than I have, Is life worth living?

For most of them it was. The children gave great answers such as, “We know what the bottom of life is and we must help those who are there now”.  This answer was given so many times that I could not ignore the profound truth in its meaning. Helping others, serving others and knowing a cornerstone of peace is being humble.

Today we are seeing people argue that wearing masks is against their personal freedoms. This statement can not be any more wrong. Arguing against wearing a mask for health reasons is a selfish. Now, if you do not want to wear a mask that is okay, you must stay away from everyone else though – good luck.