According to a common dictionary, Peace is a state of mutual harmony between people or groups. But is that really what peace means? Any average person would describe peace as life without shouting or yelling, no violence and wars, and no quarrels with neighbors and relatives. Many of the greatest peace-oriented minds in history had their own views of peace. Peace, as said by Indian peace leader Mahatma Gandhi, is non-violence, and justice to all citizens of the world. African American rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. also shared these ideals of righteousness to everyone. But peace to me, is something totally different, and can be explained in a short story. Once there was a Prince, who quested for a glimpse of peace. So he ordered the best artists in the land to create pictures of peace. Finally, the Prince selected two that he liked very much. One had a beautiful meadow, a lovely sky, and fruit on trees. Many of the citizens thought this was truly an example of peace. The other portrait, however, showed a ghastly island with an erupting volcano, people fighting, and the earth trembling. But, in a small corner, there was a tree with a bird calmly making a nest. The Prince chose the latter painting, because he felt that peace is not living without worries. Peace is living with noise, quarrels, and hatred, and still being calm and relaxed in the entire body, which can radiate, and spread peace to everyone in the community.
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What does Peace mean to me? By Jagath Jai Kumar |
