My Utopia

My group defined Utopia in which there is peace and unity among people and nature. The video presented the Utopia we pictured—an outdoor peaceful community.  The definition of Utopia varied in our class; other groups presented different views of their Utopia. The common factor among our Utopia’s was that there was a presence of peace and love in a community.

Though in my class there was a harmony with our views with regards to how we see our Utopia, other people might see it not as ideal as we see it. Everybody has different perspectives, thus everyone has their own definition of their Utopia. In the world, there are a lot of social issues that are prevalent in majority of societies and indeed, for me, it is not the Utopia I picture.

In most parts of the world, and most importantly, my country, there is an abundance of freedom and rights; freedom and rights are good, in fact. There is freedom of speech, freedom to complain, freedom to do what is pleased, right to vote and etc. But despite the good factors said earlier, why is it that the cause of this is just poverty and corruption? It is because people are abusive of the good things they hold. People tend to abuse their power, which leads to other people’s suffering. There is a lack of justice and fairness among people; they tend to have self-interest. It is prevalent that people in the world are selfish, because if all people were generous, there would not be any deprived persons.

My ideal society is where all people know how to be fair and they know how to share. People here are non-abusive and seek always for what is right and good not only for themselves, but for others as well. The only ones that control the world’s state are the people. People have knowledge; God gave people knowledge in able to take care and make good of the shelter He gave us—the world.

The people control the world; they are held responsible on how the world goes. People created justice, peace and generosity but we also created injustice, wars, and selfishness. A world in which abuse is not present would lead to peace and harmony among people; there would be justice.

To achieve my ideal society would be hard, the fact that not everyone in the world is warm-hearted. The only way to achieve this is through building a better and educated youth—in able to out number the people who have caused hardships and destructions in communities. The kind-hearted people must unite in able to abolish the social issues caused by other people.

To promote a better youth, the study of justice and generosity must be strictly implemented in all schools. They must practice these habits in every encounter they are to experience. The youth must also help the less fortunate by feeding them and educating them as well. They must teach the things they learn from their school, especially the values taught to them. People, young or old, deprived or wealthy, must all come together to help serve each other for a better community.

Furthermore, in my ideal society, there should be an abundance of knowledge in the science and the arts. Education is well preserved in able to build a better, wiser and intelligent community. This will enable a community to rise in terms of technology and new inventions that would help people (medicines, etc.). As said earlier, if generosity is well valued—all people would be educated; people would be able to share their knowledge.

My Utopia would be very hard to achieve because not all people think the way I do. Some might disagree and some would agree but revise some of the things I mentioned. My Utopia is like a fairytale, but like most fairytales, it can come true. Somehow, the things I’ve mentioned are present on societies. One can see it in UNICEF and GAWAD KALINGA, but is it enough, really? I believe not. I believe that all people should be involved in helping other people. It is the only way to achieve my ideal society. The way some people might look at it, my society is unachievable, but it can be achieved. It will just take a long time, and when this time arrives, people would be able to see that it is not that hard to have a community that has peace and harmony among its people.

Going back to the real state of the world, it seems so disappointing to know that there are many lacks of peace and justice. I believe that no one should accept this and must do something about it. One must never be satisfied with the kind of place we are living now, because truth be told, it is not a world God intended to create. God created all things with peace and harmony; He created harmony among people and nature. What did the people do with His gifts? They abused it. Every human that is born has a purpose in life, and it is to make the world better.

For the state of the world, and especially my country, my Utopia is simply where all people know how to take a leap of faith and change what is wrong. The presence of people who take their lives as a purpose to help the world become a better place is what makes my Utopia possible.

-tapiocagirl