These days, I barely have minutes to myself.
I am exhausted with brother's wedding preps, going to houses sending invites, work on an upscale etc etc etc..

Someone close to me who knows the kind of distress I have been in lately, send me a heartwarming email.

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.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lakewas 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.

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.

But when the king looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. Inthe bush a mother bird had built her nest.... a perfect picture of peace.

Which of the pictures won the prize?

The king chose the second picture.

Do you know why?

"Because," explained the king, "peace does not necessarily 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 knowing Allah s.w.t. is near.That is the real meaning of peace."


~Author Unknown~



The moment that email was sent to me, I also received an sms at the same time, explaining how and what I have been feeling word for word.
Suddenly, it seems that the person understood what I went through yesterday and today and formed it all in sentences for me.

As much of a chaotic life I am in, I know deep down in my heart, I am in peace.