There's been a whirlwind of thoughts surrounding my head recently. I see it as a good thing, it shows my mind is still keeping itself busy, despite the school break. One of my deepest fears, besides:

1. Ageing
   
2. Tumbling down the stairs
3. Frogs
   
4. Friends and family leaving me

is experiencing the gears within my own mind slowing down and eventually getting stuck and becoming unmovable.

Anyways, I've been thinking about, believe it or not... World peace.

No, I do not harbour dreams of entering any pageants in the near future.

Let me share my train of thoughts.

Firstly, this question came to mind:

There was an influx of news and programmes around me recently that showcased how poor children lived.

I'm not new to this, just that it got me thinking why didn't things work this way:

Then I spoke to a few friends, checked on the internet, and saw the shocking amount of money that is spent on war. One website that provides updated figures is this: Cost of War.

So, my next question was:























I know, it is getting quite pretentious, this question. We all know wars suck. And to be honest, I've never really cared much about wars, being comfortable, laid-back and all in this little country.

It's just, wouldn't it be nice if all the money and energy that were directed at killing other countries' people and building crazy nuclear weapons, were used instead in feeding and saving people's lives? Giving children education?

The fact that this huge contrast in living standards exists just across rivers, is unfathomable.

Then I realised one thing.























I can assure you I'm no man-hater and am no feminist of any sort. Come on, given the amount of time I spend doing love/hate stuff with this species, I can't do without men.

But my point is, the leaders of the world are all men. There are specific outstanding female leaders of course, but the big hands wielding power over battlefields, belong to men who are in the fight to win.

Therefore, it is substantial to say that men, who run the world (girls!), have a role to play in how the priorities fall in the world right now.

And before I even had the time to visualise a world ruled by women, the realisation that it would not happen anytime soon dawned on me, because:
























Again, I meant the significant and representative pillars of our religions.

There are female exceptions of course (which at this point led to me to a traumatising discovery that Guan Yin Ma - aka Goddess of Mercy, is actually androgynous and asexual but I shall remember her as being female), but all images of God in most religions are male.

Look at the impact of religions on society, how people worship Gods like leaders, and this has somewhat reinforced the core image of men being leaders and powerful entities.


Sigh.


My friend told me my theory is very biased. There are good men and bad men amongst those who rule the world, similarly there are good and bad women, it can't all be blamed on men.

Well, that will be a discussion for another day. Good night!