Usually human beings used to get messed up with issues and try to solve it at the moment as I always do thinking it will give a solution immediately. But every time it will get worse and then it will soft down with the remains of anger which will be one of the reason to fight again.
Love, Expectation, Affection, Attention, and Satisfaction is all each and every human being want and if it fails at any moment, will lead to heavy fights, anger, depression as though our lives are going to end up here if we don’t get all that. Is that all life?!
NO is my final answer after realizing things so far. After reading the story below, I felt bad for a minute and realized one thing. We should allow misunderstanding or any fight to settle down with a clear mind. And then have to talk straight and sort it away. Anything may come and interfere in your peace of mind. But you have to be clear that your happiness is in your hands. Anger is not going to help us lead our life happily. Peace will die when anger stays. Vent your anger in a healthy way. Here is the story to give you Peace Of Mind.
Peace of mind
Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, “I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there.”
The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water and, right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, “How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!” So he came back and told Buddha, “The water in there is very muddy. I don’t think it is fit to drink.”
After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time he found that the lake had absolutely clear water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.
Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said, “See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be ... and the mud settled down on its own – and you got clear water... Your mind is also like that. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don’t have to put in any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless.”
What did Buddha emphasize here? He said, “It is effortless.” Having 'peace of mind' is not a strenuous job; it is an effortless process. When there is peace inside you, that peace permeates to the outside. It spreads around you and in the environment, such that people around start feeling that peace and grace.
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