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When I was growing up, I prayed a lot, the usual, for myself and for my family. Today, I continue to pray for my family but now, among my many prayers and wishes for 2016, I include ones for world peace.<\/p>\n

I’m tired of all the strife, the senseless loss of life, the wars that make no sense.<\/p>\n

I pray that those who want to inflict terror on others will be stopped from committing evil. And I have faith that we can do a better job of this.<\/p>\n

Praying for Common Sense<\/h3>\n

I pray that our good neighbours, the Americans, will finally take the necessary gun control<\/a>\u00a0measures to stop further mass killings. Reason suggests that too many guns mean too many accidents and the potential to do harm.<\/p>\n

Praying for Health<\/h3>\n

I wish that measures will also be taken to protect our food sources.<\/strong> There are too many additives that harm rather than help. We have to stop the use of pesticides and antibiotics that not only contaminate our food, making our bodies less resistant to infection, but also contaminate the environment in which the food is produced. Having stopped using pesticides at least a decade ago, I enjoy the beauty of watching bees flit from flower to flower in our garden.<\/p>\n

Praying for Fairness to All<\/h3>\n

I wish that more people can be more trusting of one another<\/strong>. And to know that love thy neighbour, regardless of faith, race, or sexual orientation, is the way to go.<\/p>\n

I also wish for fairer taxation<\/strong>, that those who are in the 1% can look greed in the eye and say I will pay my fair share and contribute to the greater good. Wealthy people, like Bill and Melinda Gates<\/a>, and hockey star P. K. Subban<\/a>, give back and inspire others of wealth to do the same.<\/p>\n

Hope is on the horizon.<\/p>\n