Light of Peace

A gorgeous Croatian prayer. Humanity has to turn to the Creator, the benefactor, for inner and global peace. For the good of the self and the mankind as a whole.

Lord, you're really unique,

Full of love and kindness for each person,

Immense thanks to you,

You always know what I need,

I'm not sure whether I deserve it or not,

But if you're so merciful,

Jesus, I ask you for strength and love,

That I can help others to get to know you,

Bless my brothers and sisters,

To pull their life according to your word.

Thank you everyone!

Grace and peace, love, light and power
Getting off among all of us.
Words in force and blood,
Adopted eternal salvation.

Here I am before you with open heart,
Here I am to say: my God!
Here I am before you, I humbly pray,

Worship you, Father,
Adore you, o Christ,
Heart to tell you: my God!
Humbly we bow,

I heard you crying, my King!
For my sins I repent,
Your Holy Spirit renewed me.

What does war have for our generations?

War does not have good things for the people.War does not just kill people but those who survive, live in a state of agony and dismay.Take the example of nuclear radiation that descended on Japan in 1945. There are many who survived but are still suffering from the bad effects.
In addition, many children, our next generation are born with a disability.The children are born with various disabilities like no natural fingers.No one comes forward to bring a change in the life of these children.

Today a large number of children are suffering in the world due to war.As the schools were destroyed in the war, about 18 million children picked up the weapon and went to fight the war.. A child who was a student of class five is now a soldier.
War is still going on in many parts of the world, and there are people who are still struggling with the wounds of war.

The Limits of Peace

A question arises, "Is there a limit to the peace?" Because wars are being fought every day.
For example, Iraqis are dying despite of the presence of tens of thousands of foreign, troops in Iraq. Whether we like it or not, the war tragedies are taking place right in every home,.in the school and town. This is the gift of such a small war. What would happen if the war is extended beyond limits? The peace is limited. It has its limitations. War has got no limits. When it starts, it makes its own way and is very difficult to stop. It keeps multiplying in terms of dimensions and losses. For example, the U.S. military attacked Iraq because of the 9/11. But it seems that the US military reacted with 911 attacks per second!

This war was started in 2003, but still peace is illusive in Iraq.
When will the peace prevail? People may start thinking that war is the order of the day, and global peace is just a dream.

On International Literacy Day, we are reminded how many persons are yet unable to read and write. Literacy can be a prerequisite for independent, prosperous and peaceful living. Although education is the right of every person, it is still considered to be a privilege in many regions of the world. As per the latest survey, about 759 million people can not read and write. This figure includes two-third of the women and girls. This day is celebrated every year on 8 September so that we are constantly cautioned that the goal of literacy has yet to be achieved.
Global progress in literacy, like the progress in peace, has been rather slow during the recent years. The most important factor is the ever increasing population. As the educational facilities cannot match the population growth, the number of illiterate people also keeps swelling every year.
According to a projected estimation, the number of illiterate persons will be around 710 million in year 2015. The illiteracy has a pronounced affect on the poorest regions of the world. To be more precise, 80 percent of the illiterates live in 20 countries, and more than half of them live in Bangladesh, China, India and Pakistan.
The United Nations has proclaimed the period 2003-2012 as the Decade of Literacy. The aim of the Decade is to reduce the illiteracy rate by 50 % among the adults by the year 2015. The topic for the year 2010 has been selected by UNESCO as, “Literacy and Women Empowerment.” Hopefully the world will achieve definite progress in it.
Literacy increases the awareness among the masses. This is vital for the development of democracy. Only in true democracy do the attributes like social justice, harmony, tolerance, cooperation and sacrifice flourish. What else, apart from these attributes, is required to promote global peace? Hence there is a close co-relation between the literacy and the peace. As a thumb rule the countries having higher literacy rate are also high in the ranking of global peace. The supporters of the cause of world peace may find it more productive to promote the literacy as well. While getting inspiration from the World Literacy Day, they must contribute towards the objective of literacy, in the best possible form, so that the world achieves its goal of everlasting global peace.

Here are some beautiful lines. The central idea has been taken from a piece of poetry from Thailand. It's thought-provoking as well as inspiring:

The Four Candles burned slowly.
Their ambiance was so soft you
could hear them speak.

The first candle said,
"I am Peace, but these days, nobody
wants to keep me lit."
Then Peace's flame slowly
diminishes and goes out completely.

The second candle says,
"I am Faith, but these days,
I am no longer indispensable."
Then Faith's flame slowly
diminishes and goes out completely..

Sadly the third candle spoke,
"I am Love and I do not have the
strength to stay lit any longer.
" People put me aside and don't
understand my importance.
They even forget to love those who are,
nearest to them."
And waiting no longer, Love goes out
completely.

Suddenly,a child enters the room and
sees the three candles no longer burning.
The child begins to cry,
"Why are you not burning?
You are supposed to stay lit until the end. ".

Then the Fourth Candle spoke gently
to the little boy,
"Don't be afraid, for I am Hope,
and while I still burn, we
can re-light the other candles."

With Shining eyes the child took
the Candle of Hope and lit the
other three candles.

Never let the Flame of Hope
go out of your life.
no matter how bad the things look
but with Hope;Peace, Faith and Love
can Shine Brightly in our lives.

We are strange people
Waking up in the morning, we force ourselves from a warm bed and go to the bathroom. We drink coffee and are always in a hurry. No matter how far we have to go for work, or for studies or simply for business. But still the feelings of loneliness remain with us. We want to be with someone and be something for someone. We're running in a hurry, changing buses and the subway stations, but this feeling of loneliness does not leave us. It seems as if we are looking for someone whom we cannot find.
We feel as if we are broken links in a chain. We want to connect up, but cannot do it. We fall in love, give gifts of flowers to our beloved ones, meet and gossip with them but still the broken links do not connect.
And, meanwhile, we keep continue looking for someone.
We are bizarre people
We have something to say to each other, have something to share. But we hide it deep in ourselves, believing that no one around will not come to know about it. We think that the people around us, the crowd, is indifferent towards our feelings. Some of the people are very close to us but we try to hide our inner feelings from them also.
In the morning you will see the streets full of people who are in a hurry. If you look deep in their eyes you will see that there is an uncomfortable silence and calm. The eyes are saying "I have something to say, but since you will not understand me, so it’s better that I say nothing and keep quiet.” You will notice this in the eye of hundreds of people, where you will find nothing but silence and solitude. Is this silence a reflection of true inner peace or a pseudo peace?
We are weird people
In a bit to hide our inner self we place an artificial smile on our faces or display an impression of indifference on our faces , so that no one may come to know about our true feelings. Our faces then become the photographs of title pages of the magazines. Though they look charming but they cannot express themselves. We keep living in a state of fear; as if some one may harm us or may criticize us just for nothing, we are afraid of even those who are very close to us. We walk on the streets, go to offices and shops,meet friends and associates but put on a smile on our face to cover up our inner feelings. This is how we pass our time and our life too.
Unless we are sincere to ourselves, unless our inner self and our outer posture do not match, we cannot attain internal peace, and of course without internal peace the true peace will remain illusive.
So let’s be normal people, for the sake of global peace.,

The Chinese are not unaware of the events that are taking place in the region or the world as a whole. They are steadily molding their foreign polic0y to suit the requirement of the time. This may have a pronounced impact on the global peace in coming years. In 2009, China carried out high-level contacts to promote the further development of military relations. Central Military Commission vice chairman of the Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Xu Caihou, CMC member and State Councilor and Defense Minister Liang visited Russia, the United States, Japan, Australia and more than 20 countries. Chinese Ministry of National Defense and the United States, Germany, Vietnam held national defense meetings with more than 10 defense and security setups. The aim was to , enhance China's military strategy and foreign military mutual trust, consolidate the political foundation of bilateral military relations and enrich the profile of military diplomacy.

China participated in joint training exercises with foreign countries. War games were organized throughout the year. China and Mongolia carried out joint training of peacekeeping forces, China and Gabon embarlked up on a military "peace angel" medical aid mission. Chinese and the Russian troops carried out “Peace Shield "joint convoy training exercise. China and the Romanian Army" conducted “Friendship Operation “that was a Joint mountain training in terms of the military related areas for the first time.

60th anniversary of the founding of the new capital was celebrated as the National Day military parade. Troops from army, navy and air force also participated. A large number of foreign diplomats wee also invited. Representatives of 34 countries attended the National Day parade. Navy and air force in international forums, marine parade, air show and other activities were displayed to present the Chinese army as a symbol of peace, openness, cooperation and good image.

The Naval escort made positive progress in 2009. it actively promoted the Gulf of Aden army in international waters off Somalia for escort and cooperation missions. In addition to the formation of foreign naval escort, frequent meetings were held with naval commanders, the joint convoy was arranged, joint exercises were conducted, and tasks like legal assistance in the coastal sea area of various countries was performed. The logistics support co-operation was also raised in Aden Bay area. International conferences of coordination were held in Bijing which won the support of majority of the countries who welcomed it..

The work of foreign military news release system was improved. 8-year Chinese Defense Ministry news conferences were organized to arrange an interview with nine units of international media, Defense Department spokesman issued a formal statement and the Department of Defense Website launched a trial operation.

The Chinese have been able to achive a positive image of their national defense and armed forces. They were able to put forward their stated position on foreign policy that responded appropriately to international concerns. That shows an opening of Chinese army with more active rols in future based on their transparent sincerity, confidence and global peace, as they have claimed so far.