What Does Peace Mean To You?
- Mar 3, 2017
- 1 min read
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Peace is its own reward.”
The Civil Rights Movement was about peaceful change. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in this movement, all about nonviolence to express feelings. Lately, some people have been destructive in their expression of feelings. Damaging buildings, cars, and other belongings will not change anything. It can only get you in trouble. Expressing your feelings doesn’t have to be violent. Peace and anger can coexist. Voicing your opinion peacefully shows you’re in control and you’re thinking rationally. So which is better: violence or peace?
When the word “peace” is mentioned, some may think of calm waters, yoga, doves, a colorful sunset, solitude, gardening, reading, or even listening to music. Peace means something different for each person. But what does peace mean to you?
Brier Terrace students have different ideas of what peace means.
Matthew Jack, an eighth grader, says peace is “people just being okay with each other.”
Jessica says peace is simply “kindness.”
Audrey Sledge, a seventh grader, said, “Peace means equality for all people.”
Another student says “I would say that peace is when something’s just going really right and you just feel really…in tune with yourself and the people around you and you just feel really…calm and just happy.”
Someone else said, “Peace to me means two people who are like fighting or not getting along…it’s when they kinda just…end it.”
“Equality between people. Feeling like things are fair…and everything’s good,” says Ava.
“In all honesty, it’s… a very tranquil thing,” says Ainsley, a seventh grader.
To Hope Schleusner, peace is everyone getting along.
To Leah, quiet thinking to herself is peaceful.
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