Peace: Does it Exist?

(November, 04, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) Peace is a five letter word. It rolls easily off the tongue. It is easy to spell. Most people have a vague idea of what it means, think it sounds nice, valuable, worth having. People spend their lives searching for it, for themselves, for others.

But what is it? How do you define it? Where do you find it? Is it an illusion? Is it attainable? Is it a will-o-the-whisp, something that disappears as soon as you find it, something that is always momentary, fleeting, out of reach?

Is it merely the temporary absence of pain, of hurt, of frustration, of danger, of struggle? Can it exist at all in a world that is filled with unpleasantness, with disappointment, with danger, with suffering, with war?

Peace is a five letter word...

Wanakkam! Aubowan! Salamalikkem! Namaste!