Once upon a time there was a wise king who ran a painting contest to illustrate the meaning of "Tranquility". Many entries were received from far and wide. There were amazingly and awesomely beautiful paintings of various themes featuring all sorts of artistic techniques submitted; calm lakes reflecting the moon and surrounding landscapes, fields of grain and flowers on a still windless day, portraits of sages meditating etc. But the entry that won was a picture of a tumultous waterfall beside which, was a small dry hole in the rock. Inside was a nest with a bird calmly, nonchalantly and tranquilly sitting to incubate her newly laid eggs ...
Tranquility can only be achieved within us and not outside.
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