CASA

The Court Appointed Special Advocate center of El Paso is one of the best charities standing in El Paso. There are thousands of orphans in the neighboring area that are waiting to find a home, and that is where CASA comes in. CASA trains its volunteers in many aspects. Having volunteered with them before, I worked at a book fair in Cielo Vista Mall and al proceeds went to CASA. It's main goal is to train its volunteers to go to court and represent a child and why they need to either be transferred to another orphanage where thepercentage rate of adoption is higher, or whre they can be adopted by a couple striving to better this chld's lif.

Short and Long Term Peace Commitments

Dreaming peace is something everyone has, but contributing to its worldwide existence is completely different. A short term peace commitment is to help around my commnity, I oftenly involve myself in canned food drives with my fraternity. Every weekend we have a community service event (park clean-ups, canned food drivers) but are few things we involve ourselves in. I look foward to each service, it makes me feel as if I know what im doing will help those in need in the surroinding community. A long term goal of peace is to start my own music foundation to teach guitar to kids who are underprivileged. I think that learning music at a very young age allows the creativity of the human mind to flow so much smoothly and greatly that anything can be accomplished if we just set our mind to it. Playing the guitar since I was 9 years old, I want kids all around the world to be able to escape the poverty they face and escape through the world of music.

Idea of inner peace

We sit quietly under a tree, reading a book, the breeze gently pushes up against our skin. We find comfort, we find ourselves trapped in our own thoughts. This is what I believe is inner peace. Peace is too much of a general idea, the same imagery all people see. Hippies, flowers, too much of the same thing. The idea of inner peace is the feeling of peace and comfort we get when we have no worries, are comfortable for the longest time, and know that everything is going to be fine no matter what. I personally find my inner peace while I drive home from work at 1 in the morning. Tired, sleepy and about to yell at my manager, I stumble into my car, turn on my ipod, put on my favorite song, and peacefully drive home, knowing that the day is done, I can finally sleep and rest, all I have with me are the thoughts that cloud my mind at the moment. Everyone has those moments where they find inner peace, and the journey to find them is all up to us.