The Chechen independence

We may have heard recent news about terrorist attacks in Russia. All this attacks are due to the Chechen people trying to get independent from the current Russian power.

This Chechen people live in a region known as Chechnya. This territory first gained independence after the dissolvment of the Soviet Union in 1991. However, Russia tried to recover this territory and after a second war, they took it back.

Since that moment, Chechnya has still tried to become independent again because they don't share the same overall culture than the rest of Russia. The problem with the Russian government is that they are not willing to give in easily that territory and are looking to maintain it in their power despite the menaces the Chechen people have told the Russian federation.

I believe Russia should evaluate if this region is really important for them to keep it as theirs. It may be more problematic that a new independent country is born from this Chechen region, but for Russia, a lot of terrorists attacks would start decreasing. Russia should also see that possessing a lot of territories is not always the best thing; they should also be aware that giving the Chenchen people the same treat as the rest of the Russian people is what they should be trying to do.

Of course this problem is not an easy-to-solve problem as it brings out so many positive and negative consequences. I think Russia must be really careful about what it does regarding its decisions. If it looks to maintain a peace treaty, it should be discret about it, and if it decides to conceive independence or not, it still has to be sure that it is doing what's best for the people and what can have the best positive consequences.

Obeying others

Since we are born, parents start telling us what we need to do, or at least what we should. Then as we grow up we find that in school is always the same thing… obeying the teacher, director, and it continues with our parents. Also, sometimes we obey the friends or agree with their decisions although we are not so convinced. Why? Aren’t we able to make our own decisions? When do we have to make our decisions if people are always telling us what to do? What happens with our thoughts if we are not able to make them?

I consider that when we are little it is ok that parents tell us what to do, because in that age is when our principles are formed, and if they give us too much freedom we could end up in a bad life. But when we start growing I think that people shouldn’t prohibit so many things, we become conscious about our acts, and because of this we make the better decisions for us.

For example, at school we must accomplish the rules, but we must see them by the positive way. I mean, we must obey them not because it says not do certain things, but because they help us to be in a nicer place. Or in our home, yes, we must obey what parents say because they want the best for us. But when they tell us a ‘’no’’, aren’t we able to now the reasons of their answer? We are not that young to accept something and not questioning why? We want some answers.

With this blog post I’m not saying we must be bad people and do whatever we want, and always ask for whys in a bad mood. But to be more conscious about what people say us to do, and if we do it, we must be sure that that is what we want. We are responsible of our acts, and never forget that we must look for the good things for ourselves and the others. We must be independent in our decisions to be innovator, original and successful.