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The Meaning of Peace

 

>   There was once a king who offered a prize to the artist who could paint the best picture of

>   peace.  Many artists tried.  The king looked at all the pictures, but there were only two

>   that he really liked, and he had to choose between them.

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>   One picture was of a calm lake.  The lake was a perfect mirror for the

 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.

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>   The second picture had mountains, too.  But these were rugged and bare.  Above was an angry

>   sky from which rain fell, and in which lightening played.  Down the side of the mountain

>   tumbled a foaming waterfall.  This did not look peaceful at all.

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>   But when the king looked, 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.... a perfect picture of peace.

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>   Which of the pictures won the prize?

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>   The king chose the second picture.

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>   Do you know why?

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>   "Because," explained the king, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is 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 peace."

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>   That is the REAL meaning of peace.

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>   ~Author Unknown~