As I read course material for each I am taking, many
memories flash upon the brain. Often I must stop and walk away. I recall the
moments that will forever leave me at a loss for any emotion other than
complete defeat of humanitarianism. I am writing this as an exercise of art to
channel positive efforts, which is the ultimate reason for the pursuit of a phd
in peace. The past decade has not seen a day where at some point my heart did
not scream for peace.
This term is a solid foundation of understanding there is
hope that the world of pain and suffering will someday give way to peace. This is how I am looking at this term, top
down I have international conflict theory, drilling down to regional or in
country issues is Introduction to genocide and at the grass roots level the violence
youth encounter. Of course each has overlap and the order can be interchangeable.
The readings have been a wonderful foundation of thought that
peace is possible. If only we could carry this ground swell of good into the decision
rooms of the Security Council, World Bank, peace negotiation rooms as well as
the multitude of military and economic organizations that seem to protect $ and
power before life.
Last night I had a dream that I was standing on a stage
preparing for a press conference. I was holding a plastic dust pan in one hand
and a metal one in the other. I was to explain the mountainous effort of
transitioning the consumer economy to a knowledge based economy. This would
mean that all plastic consumable goods, highly processed foods and the list
went on would have cost increases of 300%. Books, gym memberships, daycare,
education, lawyers, doctors, conflict management resources and other elements
of society would be provided at cost analysis based on minimum wage
acceptability. The loss of jobs would be offset with the increased need in these
other sectors.
What is the world I am building?
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