Give peace a chance!

Yesterday night, I was watching this incredible documentary on martial arts (as practised in the finishing school for Buddhist monks, much like those movies you might have watched in The Temple of Shaolin, etc.) in Discovery. The only thing that struck me odd and yet beautiful was the spirit of fighting. The art of 'self-defense', as they call it, is nothing but a clever strategy to stop a confrontation with your enemy-to take your enemy to a point where he does not have to take his gun out of the pocket and shoot you. How thoughtful is that! Now, where exactly can we apply such a strategy in our daily lives which somehow, however disliked, keep getting entangled in futile arguments? How to make people realize that if you really want to give peace a chance you must be at peace yourself? Does that mean that you would not voice out your protest when justice is at stake? No, definitely not! All you have to do is just believe in the sanctity of your heart that keeps pricking you every time when you have lost self-control.