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SM Minute: The Picture of Peace
Lorie McGraw (llmcgraw@WORLDNET.ATT.NET)
Fri, 4 Sep 1998 20:07:51 +0000
> The Picture of Peace
>
> There once was 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 between them.
>
> One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect
> mirror for peaceful towering mountains were 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, in which lightening played. Down the side of the
> mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look
> peaceful at all.
>
> 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. There, in
> the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird
> on her nest... 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 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."
>
> - Author Unknown
>
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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