There are many unforeseen factors in life that threaten to rob the stillness and tranquility from within you. They are unforeseeable and unfriendly. It takes more than a mere repression to protect one's self from being tossed around by the currents of these merciless momentums.

They pierce into the very core of your soul, that very place where you've usually had an assurance of rest and security. These things, they fiercely snatch away from you in a subtle but sure way. Before you realise it, the world of peace and serenity has been transformed into an internally uncontrollable storm.

You're not responsible for many of the things that take place in this world. But you are responsible for nurturing the peace within you. It is yours to find, to have and to hold, to cherish, and to keep. And to protect. Your motivation for finding peace is not merely to find true happiness in life, but also that you may be a transmitter of this peace into other lives. When you lose it, you have nothing to offer to a world that is in great need of peace.

When the pace and momentum of life is overwhelming, at some point, it's time for us to speak to the person within, "Peace, be still."