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Someone asked today
“Madam, where can I find peace?”
“Is there actually a place where you can find peace” I
wanted to say but I ended up saying “your office is the most peaceful place on
the earth, because here you are respected for your work and there is no one at
the other end to continuously check on your actions”
“But then here there is no freedom” he said
“Freedom never brings in peace” I said
He was surprised and further asked “Why freedom does not
bring in peace, I feel happy when I have the freedom to do what I want to do”
yes, you have a point there, I said
But to me “Life means some discipline, you can’t go on doing
things that you like, because what you like is not always the best thing to do,
like I can’t smoke just because I want to experience how it tastes and feels
and flaunt that attitude of a smoker. If I do it then I would be at the other
side, struggling with my self conscience which does not agree with the idea of
smoking, so that will ultimately break the equilibrium in my mind”
“So where can I find peace? I so very much need to be at
peace” He said
“Peace comes from inside, change your attitude towards life
and you will be peaceful” I said
“But how do I do it”
“Just accept things as they are, finding flaws in all that
you look around will only make you feel irritated, just accept and you can be
at peace” I said
Having said this I had to answer myself “Is it all that
simple?”
Often times I have thought of going somewhere far away in
search of peace but could not do it, may be because I could not gather the
courage to untie all my bonds. After years of trying to find true peace at
home, office or with friends, I feel I have failed in all my attempts and have
realized “Life is shaky, it brings in more worries as you grow”
Accepting this fact was hard initially but then life has its
ways to teach you how things go around, it took me longer and now I have grown
to hate being at peace, I hate at every single peaceful moment I have with
nothing to do on hand.
“Finding peace is so very complicated, attempt to
find it and you learn to leave without it, it is just like that.”
