Many people in this world strive for peace. But, do we want everything to be in peace? Do we want things to be silent? Serene? Still? Unhurried? Calm? There are some things that were never meant to be peaceful and never should be.
The Suez-Sinai War killed hundreds. The Kashmir Conflict killed thousands, and is still not satisfied. The Korean War killed tens of thousands. The Iran-Iraq War was a horrific exhibition that showed the world how to kill using chemicals instead of guns and bombs. The Sri Lankan Civil War uprooted as many as a million Tamils from their homeland.
These wars are merely a sample of the wars that have shattered earth. The world was struck by two emperors of wars: WWI and WWII - each slaughtering millions. But not all wars kill. Some wars give life.Think about the wars that take place within our body: the heart beats; blood jets through our veins; white blood cells murder viruses; muscles tear and rip; light rays strike the retina; electrical impulses shoot through nerves, and on it goes. There is no peace here, for they beat, jet, murder, tear, rip, shoot, and strike.
But, there is nothing wrong with this lack of peace - or should we call it, war? These wars better our lives and in some cases are the main reasons that life exists. Noah should not send a dove here and hope it will return with an olive branch. If that olive branch represents peace within our body, then it also represents death. Being very fond of life, anything related with peace should be stricken down and killed here.
If peace is serene, then peace is hundreds of light years away from what white blood cells do best - murdering viruses and harmful bacteria. These millions of soldiers protect our body from terrorists much like the United States protects its people from the destructive eyes of Osama bin Laden. But killing - whether to defend or offend - is not serene. In these cases, it doesn't have to be. If white blood cells must maintain peace, then cancer must be welcomed with open arms.
As life is loved, most people don't do that. Hence, white blood cells must war against these viruses and bacteria and so they do. Should peace still linger around? No! Never!If peace is being calm, then the violent electrical impulses that shoot through the nerves shatter the calm. Every action that a human being is capable of performing is a result of a series of electrical shots.
Don't even think of saying, "Cease fire!" in order to maintain peace. You might as well say "Cease life!" For, the heart beats and white blood cells kill, because of these impulses. This shooting may oppose the core of peace, but it is welcomed by life. So who cares about peace?If peace is silence, then peace becomes the heart's lifelong enemy. For if the heart was silent, then how would life exist? The contraction and the expansion of the heart creates a beat. This pulsating beat is the source of life.
Surely, this beat is favored over silence. If silence is not welcomed here, then what business does peace have? Furthermore, every second, the heart rigorously pumps blood throughout the body. This hurriedly explodes through the veins and gushes to many organs. Blood is a symbol of war, yet it is found in every nook and cranny in our body.
If peace does not like gushing, streaming, bursting, boiling blood, then peace can leave, for life loves blood and many love life.Do we still want peace everywhere? Not quite. Peace should be maintained within countries, states, cities, and even neighbours. But, never for a moment think that peace must be maintained within the body. For when peace enters, life leaves.
So let's not welcome peace here and live life a little bit longer.
