The Collins dictionary defines "olive branch" in this manner, "If you offer an olive branch to someone, you say or do something in order to show that you want to end a disagreementor quarrel." What an interesting concept and symbolic way of expressing your offer of reconciliation. It's roots are from the record of Noah's story. Genesis 8:10-11, And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. God remembered Noah and his family. When the flooding was stopped and the earth dried up, the first indication that it was safe to leave the ark was an olive leaf. I love olives. Malaysians do not have this in their diet because we do not grow them. But this is native to the place where the ark came to rest. This is a significant way to remember a time and place where God ...