0
39 views
Peace is like two hands reaching out to meet in the middle, but if one hand remains still, the gap between them never closes. It’s a duet where one voice must begin for the harmony to emerge. If both voices sing only their own tune without listening, they create nothing but discord. The process of building peace is like tending a garden—if you plant seeds only in your own corner, the garden remains patchy and unfulfilled. To make it flourish, you must plant where the soil is richest, where the other gardener’s efforts can complement your own. In this way, the garden becomes a shared space, blossoming with the care and consideration of both.
Stubbornness is a wall that rises between hearts, making it harder to find a way through to mutual understanding. Peace requires the soil of compromise, where the seeds of agreement can take root. When parties fixate on divisive issues, it’s like adding fuel to a fire, making the flames of ego and pride burn hotter. This makes the flames too fierce to extinguish and the distance between the parties more difficult to bridge. When one side stubbornly clings to their own demands, it’s like pushing against a locked door—it only makes the other side brace harder, reinforcing the barriers to resolution.
Peace, therefore, must grow in the fertile soil of mutual respect and understanding. Common ground is found not in asserting your own wishes but in recognizing and accommodating the other party’s needs. Leniency is like water that softens the soil, making it easier to cultivate shared growth. By doing so, you invite the other party to join you in nurturing this fragile growth, transforming a barren land into a landscape of harmony.