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World Peace or World in Pieces ?



September 21st is United Nations International Day of Peace. 
Be it Valentine's day, Independence Day, Diwali, Holi or any other festival or any news update, social networking sites and the blogosphere are flooded with those topics.  I was wondering that I was not able to find a single blog dedicated on this topic.. nor, did I find a single word of peace on facebook. So, thought of trying my bit to write about it. I wanted to write about it not because I have so much to say about it and not because I have done something so good on this day to share and not because I have some ideas on increasing peace or anything like that... The only purpose of writing this post is just to spread a simple word thought of *peace* within my limited scope of this blog... because praying for world peace has to be a collective thought, to give it strength...


"Peace" has been a very common idea for most of us.. but peace is easier said than done... Because, Human being is manufactured that way. Anger, for instance, is an inbuilt quality in human beings. A year old kid will cry in anger if you try to take his favorite teddy away from him. And, as he grows, grows the greed, jealousy, and the feeling of supremacy within him. And, the world thus is divided into pieces... Taking into consideration the current events, the world is far from peace. Be it corruption, on going wars in Iraq, Afghanistan etc., Disturbances in Kashmir, the local daily news of murders and rapes, our daily news is more about crime, corruption and war...  


 So, How can world exist in peace, when the world is actually living in pieces???


In Lao Tzu's words, ‎"If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart."  And, if there is to be peace in the heart, there must be a mind willing to seek for it...

"Let There Be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me. Let There Be Peace on Earth, the peace that was meant to be! With God as our Father, brothers all are we. Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony."
Amen!

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  1. SadiQSeptember 22, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    @Sowjanya :Humans as in humans can never have peace as they always look for peace in pieces.... not as in whole...
    By far.. they end up as Tzu's...... and sowjee.. of the world ;)
    I am not sure... i can ever make up to the above list..
    All i can say is... Aameen to you prayer...

    PS: Mere "Ha Ha" ka aur Mainsh ke kabutar ka achha asar pada. Ye speech beauty pageant me esthamal ho sakthi hai... Miss ******** ;)

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  2. SowjeeSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Agreed.. peace is found in pieces.. :) Will discuss on Humans as in Humans, Humans as in animals or as in birds with you soon sometime.....;) :P

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  3. sriramnivasSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    Can anyone name a city in the world where peace sells more? Absolutely it is difficult and so hats off to your wonderful initiative........keep blogging
    and remenber 'Live and let live'

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  4. ARJUN MSSeptember 23, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    I appreciate your effort for writing about world peace,less interest is taken in discussing topics like world peace.

    ARJUN MS

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  5. C A G MURTYSeptember 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    May the restlessness within give you the Real Peace.

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  6. SowjeeSeptember 24, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    @Sriramnivas - Thank you!
    @Arjun- Am glad that you liked it. Thank you.
    Thank you! PNG.. :)

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  7. SiriSeptember 24, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    Very well written..and expressed. Love the one (God) who loves all..Or Love all whom he loves..

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    I care for my own peace of mind. As long as I have that, world seem to be a beautiful place :)

    Cheers
    Chintan

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  9. Meera SundararajanSeptember 25, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    You are so right. Peace seems to be something that is a word from the past. We need to practice it at our level if we want it to extend to nations..

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  10. A Restless Mind With A Sensitive Heart!November 3, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    We are so marred by competition, jealousy and greed that finding peace and maintaining it is a challenge.

    Good that u wrote about it.

    RESTLESS

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