24 March 2026
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Peace is often lost in small ways before it is lost in large ones. A remark stays too long in the mind. A delay becomes an insult. A silence turns into anxiety. A minor disappointment grows until it darkens the whole day.
The mind, left unattended, can turn very little into far too much.
That is why peace must be guarded with intention. Not because life will stop disturbing you, but because not every disturbance deserves full entry into your inner room. There are things that should be noticed, answered, and resolved. There are also things that should simply pass through without taking possession of your evening.
This is not indifference. It is self-respect.
A person who gives away peace too quickly becomes a servant of every mood, every reaction, every passing event. But a person who learns inward balance begins to live differently. The outer world may still be imperfect, but it no longer dictates every movement of the soul.
That balance does not come at once. It is practiced. It grows each time you refuse to magnify what does not deserve enlargement. It grows each time you decide that your mind will not become a battlefield for every trivial thing.
Tonight, choose proportion. Let what is small remain small. Let what is unfinished remain unfinished for one more night. Not every loose end requires emotional punishment.
Peace is precious partly because it is so easily surrendered. Hold it with more care.
Some victories are invisible; one of them is keeping your peace in a world that constantly invites you to lose it.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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