Harmony In Harmony

What is harmony? It is a sense of tranquility and peacefulness that describes the relationship of how multiple distinctive parties come to terms with each other. So simple, yet it is mind-boggling how exceedingly difficult and intricate it is to achieve. Therefore, harmony within diversity must be nurtured and cherished. How so? Perhaps some would indeed disagree with this ideology, so let’s take a brief visit to the past.

Since centuries ago, mankind has been though infinite battles, sacrificed millions of precious lives all just so they can live in harmony. For instance, let us venture into World War I that lasted for almost three months. In the Great War, the Allies, which consisted of a few countries that we proudly now known such

Harmony itself is no doubt a gradual process that requires effort and time to revolutionize. How about harmony within diversity? Once, it used to be impossible for mankind to live harmoniously within diversity because of the different unique backgrounds, regardless of race and gender. For instance, our ancestors used to be categorized based on the social structure that once ruled the ancient world. In that case, man with different social ranking would be separated from one another, inevitably discrimination would follow and they would only live in their own worlds. Take a leap along time and we arrive at the social structure during the 1800s. Before the Civil War and the abolishment of slavery in the United States, the African Americans were condoned merely as slaves and nothing more. Did they live harmoniously during those miserable times? It is agreeable we will never be able to portray what they had to go through for "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.", says Atticus Finch, a well-known character in the book How to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atlas, we will forever be in debt to Abraham Lincoln for issued his Emancipation Proclamation and after the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified that all human rights

It is the tremendous process of nurturing and fostering tranquility so that this fragile bond does not crumple at the first touch. Often so man would take for granted this amicable relationship as he believes that is will sustain itself on its own. However, that is quite the opposite. Take for example in Malaysia, after achieving independence on 31st August 1957, Malaysians thought that they would be free from being colonized, free from wars and suffering, only to be plagued by the political and racial issues among themselves. Inevitably so, there was a Sino-Malay sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur resulted in deaths of hundreds of Malaysians. Thus, it is no doubt that both parties must willing to collaborate together despite the difference in social backgrounds, races, beliefs and religions. The maintenance of tranquility is a discrete yet tremendously significant step to prevent history from repeating