Peace Amidst Chaos: Be like A Lotus In The Mud

A bottle of water is worth more in a desert than when you are sitting by a spring.

- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Being calm and peaceful when everything around you is peaceful has no meaning. But when everything around is falling apart, and yet you can retain your smile, that peace has value. When people blame you, when they don't understand you, that’s when you need the inner strength to keep smiling. When you are surrounded by chaos and confusion, calmness is most needed then. Bliss comes out of chaos, and the ability to enjoy chaos is enlightenment.