Harmony with outside world

I have realized that when ever I am disturbed/unhappy; it is usually after an argument/fight/difference with someone. It could be just any one. A stranger on the road, a waiter in the Hotel, my husband or simply anyone. After the flow of angry words, instead of feeling good and satisfied that I gave him/her back, I end up feeling miserable. Those angry words hurt me as much later as they probably hurt the other person. Makes me realize that it is important for me to have a harmonious relationship with those around me, in order to be happy with myself. Cultivating harmony around oneself is as important as having peace within. To illustrate my realization, a person who picks up fights and arguments with others at the drop of hat, or uses harsh words to make others unhappy; usually ends up being unhappy from inside. It is a cause and effect relationship.

Internal peace is difficult to attain when there is dislike and anger around. So it matters that we create harmony around us too. With Nature, God, fellow beings and animals too.   

On the other had, people who make others comfortable, try to hard to create peace and harmony around them and in their relationships are more satisfied inside. When I make up with some one after a fight or an argument; the peacemaking process first happens within myself and then extends to the outside world.

It works in reverse too. People who are at peace within self usually have harmony around them.  The choice is yours to make. Peace within self and then extend it outside or create harmony outside and then come to peace within yourself. But it is easier to manage self first and then attempt to manage many people outside. So may be it makes more sense to find peace and be at peace with self and then gradually extend it to the outside world.

Who is the Hero and who is the Villain?

This was almost like a scene straight out of a Hindi Movie. The Big, strong, all good  American Army chases a bad bad villain Osama Bin Laden and then kills him. All is well that ends well. But is it? Is all well post Osama Bin Laden Killing at the hands of America? Not really. Whom are we fooling. In the first place what I fail to understand is the so strong motivation that America has shown in finding and killing Bin laden. Ten years of hard work, focus and more than 3 trillion dollars in cost. Why was America soooo keen to find him and kill him? Why was the mighty America scared of Osama Bin Laden? Despite boosting of the strongest Military in the World, Osama Bin Laden had shaken America's confidence in their safety and security standards. By striking right in the heartland of America and causing panic amongst the American's, Bin Laden had proven to the World and more so to America; your citizens are as vulnerable to death as people in a poor nation like Pakistan. Osama's terrorist attacks on America was a big big dent in the American pride. The pride had to be restored. And so Bin Laden had to be killed by the heroic American Military. To prove to the world, look no one else could have done it. We are America. The mighty super power in the World. Only we could do it! Well that's all there is to this chase and kill story. And so dear O (b) ama.....I am not impressed with the heroics of America. Guys, the world would have appreciated you more had this 3 trillion dollar been spent on research for cancer, Aids and other killer diseases striking the developing nations. Honestly other than you Mr. O (b) ama, no one cares a damn if Mr. O (s) ama is dead or alive!!!!!!