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Claire Qian, Winburn Middle SchoolQian,
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"Humankind striving and destroying for a better Future"
Many ordinary people, including me, don’t like to step outside our comfort zones, we find
venturing outside of our ‘’bubble’’ to be rather difficult and unnecessary .As a child who has grown up
in thinking that the world is one big happy family that thrives and progresses together; I was
disappointed to find that the "happy" family has progressed only through the sufferings of others
around them. I learned, however, the reason behind this theory is the simple fact that any great
civilization would only be able to prosper and expand if it’s at the expense and the defeat of others,
for life is like the stock market, you only win when others lose and you have to lose to win. But what
drives the human will to continue going through the cycle of sacrifice and winning? My answer is
humankind’s hope and relentlessness of achieving the three components, Justice, Equality, & World
Peace which will create a virtually flawless world.
Like Martin Luther King has said, “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every
step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and
passionate concern of dedicated individuals”. This stresses the importance of our will to do the better
good in society and progress in our universal goal of achieving Justice, Equality, & World Peace.
Although there are many people today who do claim they strive for these three components, many
are discouraged, thinking that they can’t do anything to help humankind’s struggle. But the reality is
everyone is able to contribute, from a scale of standing up for your friend at school to leading a union
group to fight back against unfair treatment. Children like Craig Kielburger, Iqbal Masih, and Malala
Yousafzai sacrificed and dedicated their time to strive for the better future for everyone, and we can
do too.