Violence is a slow destroyer of peace

Violence has been a part of human history, and its origins are complex and multifaceted. Violence is something that has been there even before we were born, just that the rate at which it's been portrayed now calls for alarm.

During the olden days, violence was there, especially during land issues, when a brother maybe being the eldest wants to take almost all the land for himself, then you see the juniors trying to resist him. If the elders of that family don't do anything to stop the conflict on time, they might start fighting each other neither physically nor spiritually but violence must enter before peace will reign in that family.

Lets take for example the herdsmen that are bothering Nigeria as a whole, killing farmers, destroying crops, and causing all kinds of chaos in different parts of Nigeria. If people didn't retaliate with the same energy, maybe by now they would have been terrorizing the whole country.

Aside from violence from videos, games that almost all foreign movies are showing, which do give people ideas on how to create more weapons and ammunition. Teaching people especially the children of this generation how to be violent, Social Media is not helping, everyday we see one violence or the other.

While people support it and some commend it, all are on social media to view, killing innocent souls to make money, when I was young, I used to watch WrestleMania, and upon the writer up that says Don't try this at home, I and my brothers will still go into the room and practice the smackdowns, undertakers pattern of winning. It got to a point that one day came me and my brother were struggling for stuff and he said that he would do me a smackdown if I came close to him

Did I listen no, I went close to him to challenge him and he pushed me with all his might, I went and hit my head on that pot that had three legs, I almost died but was rushed to the hospital. When I was discharged from the hospital, my father had to ban wrestling and any violent movie in the house

Some people are suffering from personality disorder that's why they are always violent. It is the cultural and religious belief when someone is an extremist of his or her belief, they sometimes become violent whenever you speak against what they believe.

HOW CAN WE STOP IT?

Conquering violence requires a sustained and collective effort from individuals, communities, organizations, and governments. By working together, we can create a safer, more compassionate, and peaceful world.

Let individuals work on themselves, which is the first step in conquering it, if every individual can recognize and conquer their anger, emotions, and bias, and so learn to ignore whatever triggers our behaviors that can cause a fight. If we can learn to communicate properly and try to solve problems peacefully, violence will be reduced.

If the community will learn the best ways to solve their land disputes, maybe by organizing workshops, campaigns, and events to raise awareness about violence prevention and promote positive relationships with their neighboring communities.

In most of our workplaces, violence always takes place, imagine our guard using a bottle to stab his fellow guards over issues that proper communication would have served, we already have a policy, you fight, your salary goes to your opponent that injured. So the guards hardly fight. We have developed and enforced policies to prevent workplace violence and harassment a much stronger one than before was passed, everybody is on a low now.

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