The purring of the scooter attracted the barks from my two dogs. The postman is at the gate to deliver mails. Just as soon as the scooter made it way down the next turn, my dogs promptly pranced their way back to the house.
Life is peaceful from where I am. Plenty to eat, a lot to look forward to, and there's opportunities for everyone. My son has gone out with his girlfriend, while my wife is going to give my dogs a hair trim.
But reading about events around the world, it saddens me. Everyday lives are lost in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Sudan because of political strife. And these deaths piled up when you add in the natural disasters that descended on countries like Bangla Desh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and so forth.
The world needs a relook. There was AIDS, then came bird flu, mad cow disease, SARS and now swine flu. So what's next?
Some blame it on the nuclear tests, others on the callous attitudes of manufactuers who dump toxic materials into the eco system, and yet other say it is the global warming. Till now there hasn't been an answer...not because there is no answer. More so, it is because there is no will. Countries and politicians are thinking of their own economic growth. Thinking of their own glory and wealth and politicians think of their own hold to power.
The only hope lies in non-government organizations and the stamina of their volunteers to soldier on till the day when all nations can come to an agreement to set out the framework for a new world order...and a new world peace.
