The Real Meaning of Peace

There's once a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose one between them. One picture was of a clam lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains,too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peacefull at all.
But when the king looked closed, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest-----in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?
"Because" explained the king,"peace doesn't mean to be in a place where there's no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of the peace."


comments:
The great people don't mean they do some greatness tasks, but coz they have a great heart to the world.