A Healthy and Peaceful World

The world has been in dire need of peace for many years, as soon as we are done with a war we start yet another one. If it is not some war we have some economical crisis affecting every country and the world market. All of these things seem far too complicated for any one person to try and fix. We do not need to fight for world peace when we can simply bring peace in small pieces to our own community.

            My short term goal to improve peace is helping those who are poor and are in need of warm clothes, shelter and food during the winter. There are so many people out there that pray to have something to eat once a day and hopefully make it through the holidays. I would like to volunteer not only during the holidays but throughout the year by donating food, clothes and help feed the homeless. Make a small change in our city that will create a big impact not only in our city but in other cities. This will create a trend that will make others want to help as well and make the life of the needy a bit better.

            For my long term goal I would love to target a very serious and growing problem, obesity. Everyday hundreds and thousands of people in America are diagnosed with diabetes or other diseases related to obesity. What is most unfortunate is not only that adults are becoming obese but children as well. Children from all ages are adapting to their parents sedentary way of life, picking up all the bad trends that America has out there especially fast food. It has already been predicted that by 2050 about 45 to 50% of the U.S. will be overweight and obese. My career will be focused on training athletes as their strength and conditioning coach, but I will focus my attention to this problem which is far more urgent. I want to go to schools and help students realize that eating fast food all the time, processed foods, not exercising at all and sitting at home watching T.V. will affect their lives in the future.

            I will do anything that I can to make a difference in everyone’s lives especially children because they are the ones that need it the most. My dream is to have a country with people who are conscious of their eating, staying fit and helping their children grow the same way. The healthier everyone is the less the government will have to spend on “sick care” which will obviously leave more money for the government to spend on other things.