Nasiba Kharoti ’28

I have a dream that someday people wouldn’t have to run away because a stranger is taking over their homes. I wish that someday, children wouldn’t have to run away from childhood to adulthood because they’re not offered the same opportunities as other children. I wish that someday, people would understand that taking somebody’s home is something very bitter rather than sweet. I wish that someday, people wouldn’t be scared of going back to their homes just because they are scared of death.  

The world has been so unfair for decades and the only thing that  a human being wouldn’t stop wanting is MORE and MORE. Nobody in this world is in a rush for anything more than humans. We are just as unthankful as the cold breeze of the winter. Our hearts are full of so much hatred toward each other that if it could coral up into a ball, we wouldn’t be able to kick it because of how massive it could be. On the other hand, so many people have died and so many people have lost their homes but it seems like we can’t get enough of each other’s suffering.  I wish that someday people would stop and take it slow from there. I hope that everyone could realize just how hard it is to lose yourself just to get what others already have. I got so many dreams and I got everything I wanted, but not in a way that I wanted. I hope that people aren’t judging based on gender, color, nationality, ethnicity, language, situation, history, mistakes,  physical appearance, and personal life choices. 

I wish that someday people wouldn’t have to fight hard for what they want or already deserve. People think that we have come a long way for building, educating, creating, inventing, and making it so easy with technology but what they are missing on is the pursuit of life. I hope that people will stop chasing and try to be more interested in becoming each other’s happiness. I hope that everyone would be grateful for what they have rather than wanting more from people that they have got no business with. I just don’t understand how people could want more than what they already have and to have the feeling of enjoying somebody else’s sadness or suffering is just so wild. The only thing that I have always heard my whole life is “freedom” which my people don’t own even though they have never wanted more than what they had. I am very grateful for what I have but I don’t call this freedom or chasing dreams because the only dream that I have is to have a peaceful life for my people and I. 

I have a dream that the world would become a brighter place and more welcoming. The problem that we have to this day is the fact that we live in such a dark world that the children want happiness, adults want more and elderly want another chance to live. I hope that one day people would realize that the world is not about competitions or reputations but it’s about how happy you are for yourself and someone else that you don’t know. I hope that one day people would know that the world is not about power but its the simple way of living and we can all see that example in non-human creatures. I hope that some day people will stop taking away humans and non-human homes for happiness because I don’t see any joy in you taking my home and the deer doesn’t see any joy in your talent for haunting. There is no joy in making people beg for food and no joy in making women work for men because she is a woman. There is no joy in making a woman not have the right to attend school just because she is a woman. I have a dream that the world would change for the better and there would be a peaceful living for every individual.