Article Source: The Positive Observer

• I think of the world as "endless"...full of dreams and possibilities. - Age 13 - Norfolk, VA
• The world needs to be more about enjoying what we really like, such as family, friends, having a house and eating pizza. - Age 10 - Chicago, IL
• For me, it is empty. There is nothing here for me. My world is lonely and filled with emptiness. - Age 14 - Norfolk, VA
• I wake up at 7:00 AM. Get dressed. Brush my teeth. Go to school until 3:00 PM. Walk home. Do homework. Watch TV. Then fall asleep. This is my world. - Age 11 - Denver, CO
• We live on the only planet with water and food, so why are we not nice to it? - Age 9 - Littleton, CO
• My world is very undeserving. We want everything and often disobey. It can be dirty and mean at times. - Age 12 - Denver, CO
• Safe. - Age 8 - Brunswick, GA

• The world I live in is beautiful, wonderful and sometimes bad. It is full of fun things to do and learn. My planet is mostly made up of water, trees and beautiful land for growing food. We also have so many different kinds of animals to love and care for. – Age 10 – Nassau, Bahamas
• The world is a great place. – Age 8 – Denver, CO
• In my world, everyone would be soap, a chicken or a fruit. Nobody would have cars, only Razor scooter (different colors). If you lived in the ocean, you would have a dolphin or a seal for a car. All buildings would be big, big plants.  This would be my world. – Age 9 – Littleton, CO
• My world is good. Life is good. – Age 9 – Chicago, IL
• The world I live in is where a lot of people are mean and hateful. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• The world is becoming a total waste. If we don’t start taking care of our world, then we will waste it all away. – Age 10 – Denver, CO
• Thank you for: the trees, the rocks, the animals, the plants, the flowers, people and knowing how to eat. Thank you for knowing how to sing, to walk, to doing math and for having a sister. – Age 6.5 – Littleton, CO
• Plants, animals, people, houses, buildings, rocks, mountains…people and animals having fun and enjoying life. But also people and animals suffering and trying to hurt each other. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• My world is crazy and cool. – Age 9 – Denver, CO
• In my world, there are only Georgia Bulldawg fans. – Age 8 – Brunswick, GA
• The world scares me a little when I watch some things on TV, especially the news. – Age 10 – Dallas, TX
• The world is home to me and my friends. – Age 9 – Littleton, CO
• My planet consists of help given to the hungry, poor and physically-mentally challenged. I believe the world would be a better place if everyone had a desire to better themselves as well as others. – Age 14 – Norfolk, VA
• Pollution, melting glaciers and global warming. – Age 10 – Littleton, CO
• Earth is a big, big, big planet. I like to play on it. – Age 10 – Denver, CO
• Our country has 50 states.  If you went out into space, then our planet would look like a white and blue ball. – Age 7 – Atlanta, GA
• My planet is polluted, full of crime, hateful, filled with war, argumental, stubborn and deadly, but it has times when I’m happy that I’m on this planet. – Age 14 –Norfolk, VA •The earth is filled with water, lots of water. But there is land mass, and cars and cities. But some places are forests filled with green trees and caves and cute bunnies and deer which I am going to hunt this Thanksgiving. – Age 9 – Benton, AR
• My world is a calm, serene, peaceful place where there are no wars and no pollution. A place where we can sit peacefully on our front porch and read a good book. – Age 14 – Norfolk, VA
• The world is home to me and my friends. – Age 9 – Littleton, CO
• I see people of different kinds and countries having fun and sometimes having problems, and I see the world as a happy place. – Age 7 -  Boulder, CO
• Peace, love, hate, pollution, crime, good and bad. – Age 14 – Norfolk, VA
• The planet has many different parts. The cities are fun, exciting and have lots of people. But I prefer to walk in nature and find places that other people have never touched before. I like the way it looks, smells and feels. But I often find traces on how we are polluting nature and that is sad. – Age 11 – Denver, CO
• In my world there would be no trash except for in trash cans. – Age 8 – Brunswick, GA
• It’s pretty chaotic, but fun if you live your life right and have the right people around you. I see the world as a place of endless opportunities and dreams. – Age 14 – Norfolk, VA
• My planet is a nice place where people are friendly and help others to be friendly and find their dreams. – Age 11 – Denver, CO
• Some parts of my planet are clean and have nice people to live and play with. Other parts are not so clean and have not so nice people. – Age 10 – Littleton, CO
• The planet is a wonderful, big thing. It takes care of us. – Age 9 – Denver, CO
• The world can be fun, but very boring. – Age 7 – Aurora, CO
• The planet is simply beautiful. – Age 9 – Denver, CO
• The world is very colorful. – Age 7 – Denver, CO
• Our world is great and we all have the opportunities to achieve greatness. But some people believe that others have a better chance then others.  – Age 15 – Broomfield, CO
• My world would have a lot of cute boys, free cute clothes and free cute animals. Everybody would drive a care or ride horseback. – Age 10 – Littleton, CO
• Crazy. Full of wrong-doings that should be eliminated. Fruitless at times. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• A cheerful place where nobody is bothered and there are no problems at all. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• The world as I know it does not extend far; as I am exceptionally lucky to live in the world I live in. I live in a great country with a great family, friends, and a school. My world as I know it involves having fun, going to school, and going to church.
• However, my planet is not in that great of shape. Throughout the world, there are many issues. My planet, our planet, is hurting; millions of children are starving every night as they go to bed. Some people worry about living through the night, worry about not starving, and worry about getting necessities such as medical supplies, or sometimes even clean water. My planet is a lot different from my own personal world, and I know that I am extremely lucky for the advantages I have been given.  – Age 16 – Littleton, CO
• Very green…three-fourths of it is covered in water…the only planet we know of with an atmosphere…has very intelligent life on it. – Age 9 – Littleton, CO
• Chaotic, but somehow relaxed. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• The earth has many people rushing around in a “hubbub” trying to get to work and school quickly. People need to help more to save and stop polluting. I am here to help save the earth. – Age 7 – Littleton, CO
• My planet is a sphere. There is land, water, animals, plants and continents with different cultures. It is a very diverse place with many belief systems. We should all take the time to get to know the different languages and people…make them part of our life. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• My world is a scary place if you live on the wrong side, put I believe that it can be a planet of peace. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• The world is very big with hundreds of people. – Age 9 – Denver, CO
• Crazy and fun, even if it is not the best one. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• My world right now is hectic and busy because at my age, life can be like that. But in the future, my world will be stress-free and worry-free all the time. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• Life is like a box of chocolates. – Age 9 – Chicago, IL
• In my world, it is all about winning, adventure and being able to trust. – Age 8 – Brunswick, GA
• The world is like a bunch of dreams. Some are good and some are bad. – Age 10 – Chicago, IL
• In my world, everyone is mean to me and I am just helpless. – Age 10 – Littleton, CO
• The world needs to figure out this global warming thing fast. – Age 10 – Denver, CO
• My planet is focused on improving relations with countries and our environment. – Age 13 – Norfolk, VA
• My world is a beautiful one, but need to do more recycling. – Age 9 – Littleton, CO
• Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome and awesome. Need I say more? – Age 10 – Littleton, CO
• Clean, nice and peaceful. – Age 9 – Littleton, CO
• Politics is getting worse. A big war is going on, seamlessly without an end. We go have “green thinkers” though which are helping our planet. We have satellites and rovers exploring our universe and asking “Is anyone out there?” There is hope. – Age 9 – Littleton, CO
• Filthy world with wasteful people. We are making animals extinct. We litter. We kill trees, oxygen and water. We need to tell other people that this is the only planet we have. Time will tell. We need to help each other and help our planet. – Age 8 – Littleton, CO
• My world has seven continents on it (naming each one…). The earth is made of concrete, stones, metal and plants. – Age 6 – Littleton, CO
• My world has some kids playing nice with other kids and animals wanting to play with me.  – Age 8 – Littleton, CO
• A great place in most countries. – Age 8 - Aurora, CO