Where is the safest place?

Dear journal,


Earthquakes in New Zealand. People unrest in Libya. Snow storm in the United States. Bombing in the Philippines. With all these happening, can anybody tell me what's wrong with the world?

In this day and age (especially with the advent of the borderless world), we search for a place where we can have this sense of peace and tranquility. Never would a person settle for a location where there is imminent danger or perhaps a threat in the national security. But with the natural calamities that are happening left and right and with the destructions caused by terrorists and activists alike, no one can indeed be secure anywhere at any time anymore.

Natural disasters are acceptable, for I view it as nature's way of keeping the balance here on earth. But if I hear news about massacres here or suicide bombers there, I actually wonder if people can really place justice in their own hands.

I am not against assertive people --- those who follow the righteous path in order to clamor for change. They are what we need as catalysts of social justice. What I am against for are those who take matters differently and deliver the kind of retaliation that they deem necessary regardless whether innocent lives are not spared. They are driven by anger, pushed by hatred, and propelled by twisted ideals. They are what I despised the most.

When we were children, our concerns vary from where to play, when to eat, and what toys we want. Now that we are grown ups, we are not just concerned about ourselves, but about what's happening in the world we live in as well. Some sympathized over September 11 bombing in the United States. Others were alarmed with the effect of social networking in the uprising in Egypt, while some are still praying for peace in Libya.

We are concerned because we are human beings. It is innate in us as social animals to at least think about the welfare of others. Some might be too apathetic to even bother to care. But hey, at one point or another, they would still heed the call of their conscience to stop and listen to the muffled cries and graveyard silence that are surrounding them.
Nowadays, nobody cannot really be too sure about his safety anymore. We always think of migrating to a greener pasture and trascend the lives of our families to something better. But the real question now is: where is really the safest place?

Peace will always be a resounding voice from within. Let us all be safe, and altogether pray for a better earth.

Remember, lightning could strike anytime...