War: The Good, the Bad and the Truth

There have been wars for different countless reasons: petroleum, territory, religion, politics, terrorism, etc. However, all wars have something in common: is a conflict between parties, where there’s a “bad side”, the “villain”, and a “good side”, the “hero”. But wait, how do I know which one is the villain? Which one is the hero? What if I’m the villain? Well, I don’t worry about these questions anymore because I found out there’s no good guy. When in 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, they were the bad guys, but when the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final stages of World War II, they became the new villains. Events like this led me to realize that parties, in this case the countries, want to make their people believe that they are the heroes on a mission to save the world, and we believe it because is convenient, easier than facing the reality.

At the end of the day, or at the end of the war, being the villain or the hero does not matter because what really matters is winning. Wars never were about saving people, peace or helping the poor, it always was and always will be about winning. Which reminds me of a famous quote by Bertrand Russell “War does not determine who is right - only who is left”.  But wait a minute, if there’s a winner, there must be a loser, right? Well, yes! Fortunately, no one has to worry about the losing party because the winner party, or the “heroes”, got rid of them all. 

Death

When I hear the word death, the first thing that comes up to my mind is closing my eyes, stop breathing and then… nothing. The simple idea scares the hell out of me because I don’t want to just die and stop existing. And don’t get me wrong, I would love to believe that after dying I’ll go to a heaven where I would meet the one and only… Kurt Cobain, but the story seems too good to be true. Nobody has ever escaped death, not even the prettiest and richest ones. The Grim Reaper doesn’t give a rat ass if you are the pope, the president of the United States or if you’re the most beautiful living creature in the whole world, he’s still going to get you. And the saddest part is that I don’t want to die, period. I want to see the first female president, I want to see Brazil winning another FIFA world cup, and I definitely won’t want to miss the so awaited coming of the aliens. There’s so much, but so much left to do.  

I hate the fact that death is synonymous of darkness, coffins, sadness and worms eating my butt, and pardon the expression, but that’s my feeling. Although I don’t like what the word death entails, I actually don’t like what the word immortality entails either. Immortality to me seems kind of lame and boring. Since I'm not immortal and I know am going to die because I can't stop that from happening, the only good thing that I can hope for is dying unconscious, asleep, fast, or simply high on some sort of drug. Those to me are the perfect ways to die.

Happiness

Happiness. Every once in a while we feel this quality of state of being happy. It is one of the most common emotions that we, as humans, experience in our lifetime, but what exactly makes us happy? Anything could make us happy, it’s a broad question. In my case, what makes me happy is making other people laugh. I like the feeling when I’m telling a story, or a joke (it depends on the moment), and everybody is looking at me like expecting for something. They look interested on what I’m saying, and then suddenly, I make them laugh. That’s the moment! Their laughter is like the blood in my veins, it keeps me alive. Well, maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit, but the point is that that moment means happiness to me. I´ve never considered myself a happy person or a comedian, and I’m in fact a person who likes tragedy, but for some really strange reason, people see the comedy in me.

Happiness is such a strong emotion and it comes in so many ways. What you might see as insignificant, it could be what put a smile on someone else. It is one of the most subjective human emotions. To me, laughter is the representation of happiness, but to other people it could be money, love, success or even food. All I know is that everytime I make someone laugh, my life becomes a little less sad and a little more happy.

Introduction

This blog is about a project in which the class must write mini-essays discussing a theme that should be narrow into a topic. Each week, the themes will be: happiness, death, war, religion, marriage, media, a celebrity, movies, education and the world. The point of the blog is pretty much making everybody happy because, since the project blogger is going to be the equivalent of a final exam, no one will have to take a lame final test. I personally think that the blogger project is a wonderful idea because I hate, no-no wait, I loathe final exams with all my heart. This is an interesting and dynamic project in which we, as students, can express ourselves about certain topics that we are able to choose. At the end of the project blogger, I would like to really feel proud of what I did, and of course proud of my grade, and do not think about “the teacher made me do it” because that’s really disappointing. I just hope that anyone that reads this blog enjoys of my thoughts on each theme.