Award Acceptance Speech

I would like to thank the committee for their consideration and for this honor.  I believe that my work towards peace was simply a necessary step in the evolution of international affairs as well as of the human race.  I am honored that the committee is recognizing the development of a stronger UN as a measure of peace and really spreading a spotlight on the effort that is necessary in order to bring about a new world order.  This change in foreign affairs is not the only thing that should really be recognized with this award.  What should be seen by the casual observer and consistent follower alike is the new mind set which allowed for this change to occur. 

            In order to realize this new world system what was needed was a new outlook. Humans judge others to be different from themselves and can therefore justify war with others.  When really no matter what their background, all humans are fundamentally the same.  What must be recognized in order to achieve world peace is the constancy of human existence. 

            Before this concept is explained I would like to perform a brief thought experiment.  I would like you to picture what you believe you want in life and what makes you happy.  Next, I would like you to determine what you believe a Western European child might want in life and what makes them happy.  Thirdly, I would like you to imagine what an Asian child might want from life.  And finally, I would like you to imagine what a child in Africa wants from their life.  I would imagine that each of the ideas you have conjured up are different in some way.  What each of these imaginary children wants is something which is slightly different from the last.  Perhaps the largest disparity is between an African child and an American one.  What you imagine these children to want appears different, but on a fundamental level it is the same.  For example, one child might hope for a new Apple Phone while another might be content with just receiving a nutritious apple.  The human condition is varied depending on the distinctive background and general location of a child but every goal is really based on the fundamental tenets of the human mind. 

            The human mind is not a blank slate when it first emerges into the world.  There are insurmountable aspects of the mind.  When a child is born, the mind is like the foundation for a home, the design is already loosely controlled by what is in place.  Humans fundamentally long for compassion and for pleasure.  Every child is born with the same basic foundation but as they develop, the manner in which these deep seated longings and fundamental yearnings are manifested differs depending on the person.  The variety of manifestations makes it seem that everyone has unique goals when really, each person longs for the same things in life.  Perhaps some strive for those things in different manners but the base of all human goals is the same for every human being. 

            This mindset, once fully adopted is what allows for global peace.  Humanity when viewed through the lens of ethnic, cultural, and spatial differences seems likes a multiplicity a unique beings, but when viewed through the lenses of fundamental wants and goals it is a singular organism.  If one can recognize that humans are not so different from each other after all then one can accept others and act in the general interest of everyone.  It is simple to make war with aliens.  It is difficult to make war with brothers.  Conflicts of interest will still arise and disagreements will not be forever extinguished but on a larger scale people will accept each other and truly appreciate the goodness within every one.