Our World is not Perfect

Our world is not perfect. These imperfections cause a lot of misery. If I had the power to change things, these are three of the things I would like to change.The first is wars. Since time immemorial, mankind has been fighting each other to take revenge, to acquire more land or simply to show that one is more powerful than others. Whatever the reason, wars causes a lot of misery. Many die or are wounded in the actual fighting. The rest starve because there is little or no food to eat.

Many lose their homes if they are destroyed in the fighting. Education and trade are disrupted and those two things take a long time to restore. So, my first wish is there would be no more wars in the world so that people would lead happier and less troubled lives.

My second wish is that famine be eradicated. It is ironical that in this age of such great scientific advancement and high technology that the world cannot produce enough food to feed everybody. In many places around the world such as Africa, India and China, we regularly hear or read about thousands of people starving to death.

The people resemble living skeletons with swollen stomachs which are a sign of malnutrition. Children and babies become prematurely old and are too weak even to sit up. They just lie on the ground or in their mothers’ laps waiting for the end. The food scarcity may have been brought about by nature or government mismanagement. If i had the power, I would erase famine forever from the face of the earth.

I would also like to see something done about pollution. No part of the world is free from this scourge. Even the poles which are so far from human habitation are not spared. If man continued to treat earth like a rubbish dump, it would he his premature grave. Already holes in the ozone layer have appeared over both the North and South Poles because of emissions from motor vehicles, widespread burning of forests and indiscriminate use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in sprays, refrigerators and air-conditioners.

Ozone blocks ultraviolet rays from reaching the earth. without ozone, the temperature of the earth would rise. Polar ice would melt and the sea level would rise. Inhabitants of low-lying areas such as the Netherlands, Venice and many other parts of the world would drown. Plants cannot grow in the higher temperature and man would die because there would be no food for him. So, it is earnest wish that the pollution of the world would stop immediately. What do you think?