Peace is not optional; it is urgent.

Most people are not political. They don’t sit in parliaments or draft military plans. They raise children, teach, heal, build, and dream. Yet when war erupts, it is these ordinary lives that are shattered. A single politician, one voice among millions, can ignite a conflict; but the price is paid by countless families who never chose it.

In every war, the loudest voices are not the wisest. The quiet majority; those who want peace, dignity, and progress; rarely get heard. Their silence is not weakness; it is exhaustion. They carry the weight of decisions made far above them.

And here lies the paradox: as technology races forward, promising space travel, cures, and clean energy, war drags humanity backward. How can we reach the future we dream of; those shimmering visions in science pages; if we keep destroying the very people who could build it?

Peace is not just a moral choice. It is a survival strategy. If humanity is to endure long enough to touch the stars, we must stop burning the bridges that connect us. The future belongs not to those who conquer, but to those who create. And creation begins with listening to the unheard.

In the past decade alone, over 2 million people have died in wars across the globe. From Ukraine to Yemen, Syria to Sudan, the toll has fallen mostly on civilians; those who never chose conflict, yet bear its deepest wounds. This number is not just a statistic; it is a warning. If humanity continues down this path, the future we dream of may never arrive. Peace is not optional; it is urgent.