The Notorious B.I.G. tells us that "no dream is too big. The sky is the limit." The famous, deceased, diamond-selling rapper quoted this because everyone dreams. Whether the dream happens to be an eight-hour sleeping fantasy of one's celebrity crush or a vision of becoming the President of the United States of America, dreams apply to everyone. As a citizen of this nation, I see quite a few "ups and downs" going on in our nation. To take into consideration, would one prefer more high times or low times? In my perspective, I would LOVE to have more good, "up" times in our nation, making this LOVE a dream. My universal dream towards America, the patriotic palace of the best nation in the world, is to revive peace among the people socially and personally.
Socially, to gain national peace for the fulfillment of my dream, we need to acknowledge "the rules" in order to be more tolerant and polite to each other. "...And that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things..." For instance, our Founding Fathers created the Declaration of Independence not only to become an independent country from the King, but also to create a peaceful nation. After the independence of this country, we, the fifty states, were responsible to develop peace among each other. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." While comprehending this statement closely, I concluded that the roots of all the components in the Preamble to the United States Constitution redirects to peace. If the thought of peace was not considered, the United States Constitution would simply be feckless. With establishing peace in a society, if we do not abide to the important documents that our Founding Fathers composed or tolerate people politely in general, my dream of national peace would become a nightmare.
Personally, to gain national peace for the fulfillment of my dream, we need to individually build our character to the pinnacle of our lives. "Nobody can bring [one] peace but [oneself.]" This powerful quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson means that as long as people are nice to one, their approach to peace towards one is not as important unless one happens to be at peace with oneself. To build character, inner-peace must be a prerequisite before the construction begins. "Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves." Word from William Hazlitt, the quote indirectly states that if one poses cruelty to others, basically, one poses cruelty to themselves. For example, if one judges a person negatively, one primarily judges themselves because the concept of peace is not present; if one does not treat other people the way they want to be treated, character-building will definitely be difficult, especially if one wants peace in their character. The Peace Pilgrims tell us that "when [one] finds peace with [oneself,] [one] becomes the kind of person who can live at peace with others." With establishing peace in one's persona, if we do not consider inner-peace within our character, my dream of national peace would not only be an issue, but possibly, a failure towards the country.
Without any peace, our nation would be corrupt. Dreaming national peace, we should strive to assemble peace socially and personally. God shaped this world to be peaceful. While America struggles on that, if we all apply peace to each other socially and personally, my dream of national peace will be accomplished, making the achievement an "up" to everyone in the country and myself.
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