All i want is Peace

Being right, defending our positions, takes an enormous amount of mental energy and often alienates us from the people in our lives. Needing to be right — or needing someone else to be wrong — encourages others to become defensive, and puts pressure on us to keep defending. Yet, many of us spend a great deal of time and energy attempting to prove (or point out) that we are right — and/or others are wrong.
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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 that 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.
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