Conditioning makes us aware of the fact that there are two kinds of people in this world – the good, and if you call it that, the bad! However, having lived almost a score odd years, yours truly has inferred that people are not bad. They just tend to sway from the good path.
Moral Science preaches that no matter how bad the other person is, the good in you should never be suppressed. ‘Be good to others.’ ‘Never let hatred overpower you’. These are some of the didactic sermons that I, and I believe most of us, have received since the infantile stage of our lives. I have to agree that such utopian behaviour is seldom observed in everyday life, but if you can really muster enough strength to make it happen, the world is yours. You will have nothing to lose in any situation, and will be the role model for posterity.
Everyone has his moments of weakness. Everyone feels cheated sometime or the other. It’s not wrong to feel thus. But if you let this feeling sink in you and make you averse to the people who really care for you, now THAT, is wrong. It so happens in life that we get caught up in the web of discontentment and deceit and fail to acknowledge the good that there is in others. To be able to do the impossible, start looking at yourself, and your actions, dispassionately. You have to let go of the feeling of ‘I am right – always!’ Learn to be honest with yourself. Then only, can one be honest with others.
I consider myself to be morally strong. And I also believe that same is the case with everyone around. If we are essentially ‘good’ human beings, let us not delve majorly in the petty issues of today which in the long run would seem outstandingly juvenile and inconsequent.
Let the good, always and always, prevail over the bad, and the ugly!
At the risk of letting loose a stream of invective, goodie-two-shoes, aren't we? :)
ReplyDeleteHeh. We sure are tejo!
ReplyDeleteextremely commendable effort Anunaya. I believe even if 10% of the people reading this, decide to change themselves only by another 10%, you, are a winner Anunaya..!!
ReplyDeleteVery true, and the read was well adorned by the Forrest-Gump soundtrack in the background. Try the soothing combination yourself and you'll be proud of the words you penned.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too Arpit. I really do! It's great that you dropped a comment. It always feels good to get in touch with 'good' ol' pals! :)
ReplyDeleteOh ya. I did try it right now! And pardon me for being a li'l pompous here, but I am proud! Thanks a ton Amit!
Always a pleasure man :)
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