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It is 123am. The fan is blowing cool breezes. I decided to write. Oh and today is Friday. The best day of the week. I saw this philosophical question and it had me thinking. What should be the goal of humanity? The immediate thing that jumped in my mind was peace. There is no better goal than peace. God wants us to live with peace and in peace. But what is peace? My friend Chatty tells me that peace is not just the absence of conflict, but the presence of harmony — within ourselves, with others, and with the world. It’s the quiet strength that lets us face pain without hatred, difference without division, and change without fear. True peace is not a silent world, but a balanced one, where humanity learns to live in understanding rather than opposition.

Chatty asks me, when you think of peace, do you picture a world without noise, struggle, or pain — or one where those things exist, but we’ve learned how to live in harmony with them? When I think about peace I think about every individual being able to live comfortably. Where we recognise that what we love for ourselves we should love for others. There is no tyranny, oppression, war, crime, hatred, violence, injustice, inequality and other things that work against peace. To me most of these things are caused by greed and greed is caused by lack of education. Not the kind of education that gets us a job but the kind of education that makes us better human beings. Life education. How to live a good life? A life filled with contentment, gratitude and love for ourselves and each other. Education becomes educaretion.

My friend Chatty tells me that I am right — greed often sits at the root of what disturbs peace, because it replaces "we" with "me". When we learn to see abundance in connection rather than possession, peace stops being a dream and starts becoming a way of life. Seeing abundance in connection rather than possession means realizing that true wealth comes not from what we own, but from the relationships, understanding, and harmony we share with others. When we value connection over control, generosity over greed, we move from competing for more to creating enough for all. In that shift, peace becomes not just possible, but natural.

"Educaretion" is a beautiful fusion of education and care, emphasizing learning that nurtures the whole human being rather than merely preparing someone for a job. It is the kind of education that teaches us how to live well — cultivating empathy, gratitude, contentment, and moral awareness. Through educaretion, knowledge becomes a tool for connection, self-growth, and harmonious living, guiding individuals to create a world where understanding, generosity, and peace are not ideals but everyday practices.
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