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<font size="+1">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 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 and in which lightning played. Down
the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look
peaceful at all. But when the king looked closely, 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 – in perfect peace. Which
was the picture that won prize? The second picture. Why? "Because,"
explained the king, <b>"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."<br>
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Roland<b><br>
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