"How wars start ?" The child asked his parents. "The reason is economic" said the mother, " No political differences cause wars," the father retorted. Mother felt slighted and more emphatically, "No you are wrong, the reason behind war have always been economic." The difference of opinions didn't stop here. It acquired the form of almost a quarrel. The boy intervened and said, "please stop here, now i understand how wars begin."

A man came home with some purchases which he had made in the market. On opening the bundle, he found that some of the articles were not upto the mark. He felt enraged and went back fully determined to teach a lesson to the shopkeeper. On the way, he continued finding pungent answers to all the arguments which the shopkeeper might put forward not to take back or change the article under reference. But, the young customer was surprised to see the shopkeeper feeling sorry for the inconvenience caused to the purchaser and apologetically made the necessary amends.
So, the quarrels and wars begin in the minds of the men, and turn into outside wars. The founders of the United Nations Organisation, Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of England and Mr. Roosevelt, the then President of USA, had uttered these words of wisdom at the inauguration ceremony that U.N.O. will end wars in the minds of men and hence the future generations will not have to live under the pangs of destruction and suffering which the world had to go through during the last two world wars within a space of 25 years only.
Disturbed mental state of a man doesn't harm him, but also affects his neighbourhood and makes the whole environment unhealthy. Thoughts of avarice, jealousy, enmity etc. create their unhealthy vibrations, which in turn pollute the atmosphere, nay, the whole universe. In short the state of Strife and want of peaceful conditions is due to the conflicts which continously go on in our minds. Since we like to quarrel with our ownselves, we inadvertently create conditions for wars to begin in the outside world.
Our young men and women would do well to take a lesson from facts of life and avoid quarrelling with themselves. When you prepare for an examination, a series of conflicts arise within you, such as, how i shall fare at the examination, what would happen if i don't succeed, what other examinees are doing, whether i am selected or not, but Mr. X shouldn't be one of the successful candidates etc. So, the thoughts of uncertainity, avarice, jealousy etc. continue to haunt your minds, with the result that your studies are disturbed and you are not able to devote as much time to your chosen work, as you ought to or what you can. Do you think this inner conflict does any good to you and helps you in achieving your aim? If not, then stop this war within you and take your assignments seriously. Once for all, be at peace with your ownself and devote your full time and energy for the aim you have decided to achieve. Try this you will be surprised to see that your grasping power of understanding have tremendously improved and enhanced. You will become much more efficient in other walks of life as well.
History tells us that all the works of art and inventions of science were made during the days of peace. Had there been no times of peace, humanity wouldn't have made any progress in the realms of civilization and culture. We know that war brings about miseries and destruction, while peace brings out opportunities for construction and invention. The great English poet has rightly remarked that Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.
Who doesn't want to be at peace with himself and his neighbours ? The peace loving person must know that to be at peace with neighbour, it is essential to be at peace with one's ownself. What is required is to cultivate positive traits in ourselves and learn to be at peace with ourselves. We should abjure all the negative tarits of character and nurture positive attributes so as to be meaningful not only to ourselves and our family but for all mankind, if we really wish to bring peace to the world and heaven of freedom fo the entire humanity.

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