A statement made by a person who owned an immense amount of unaccounted wealth deeply touched my heart.
‘What’s the use of having everything if there’s no peace? Isn’t it all meaningless then?’
A life filled with peace and happiness is a universal dream and desire. Many strive to create such a life for themselves, taking various paths and adopting different approaches. However, not all these methods guarantee peace. Peace is a state-a condition of the mind. It cannot be fabricated through external factors alone. Similarly, true peace cannot be shattered by external circumstances. Only when peace remains unaffected by the outside world can it be considered eternal and authentic.
We may not always be able to provide peace to someone else, but disrupting another’s peace is often quite easy. This is the unfortunate reality of the religious, social, and cultural context we see around us. A person who has not experienced peace within himself cannot provide peace to others. If someone comes to borrow money, you need two things to lend it to him-a willingness to help and money in your pocket. The same principle applies to giving peace. Only a person who has peace within himself can offer peace to others.
In a family or workplace, if someone lacks inner peace, the ripple effect is evident. It won’t take long for those connected to that person to lose their own peace. We all must think about sustaining and fostering peace. However, it takes only one person to disturb it.
