The weird good & the common bad …Used to
share this in my talks & taught of writing about it to elaborate a little
further,
We are today
living in a world where good values & virtues have become weird and the
vice versa has become rather common…
Reading
about murder, rape, robbery, baby dumping or a severed baby are all rather
common today, we are not surprised to read about inhumane acts and wrong doings
of such but in contrast if we were ought to read about a person sacrificing
their life for others, donating all their earnings for charity or spend their
time cleaning the streets, people feeding the hunger, a common man shelters a
homeless and so on, news like these would give us a surprise, amazed or even
gawks perhaps it happens due to know that such kindness and values still does
exist among people
Put it to a
test, the next time you are in a food stall, ask the waiter if he/she has
eaten..? High chances they would give you a surprised look as it’s rare for
people these days to ask if the food provider has eaten (this can be an analogy
which applies beyond food stall context), or pick up a rubbish in a busy street
and put it in a bin, anyone who watched you doing it may have a doubt that you
have gone bonkers…
This
indicates where are we heading to, good values and virtues are diminishing
today, people are beginning to accept backstabbing, cunningness, foul play as
“strategy”. Greed, pride, arrogance and self-centeredness are misquoted for
“drive for success”. Posh lifestyle, lavish spending, luxury beyond capability
are understood as “motivation”, Togetherness, family time, bonding, love and
spending time together is viewed as “leisure or free time activities” rich and famous are qualities for an “idol”.
Trustworthiness, genuine and loyalty have all become “boring”. Hard work and efforts
are now no longer admired or praised. Power, pride and possessions are mistaken
for “Peace and happiness” and the list can go on
When we are living in such misunderstanding,
life turns into a rat race which opens the route to a mind-set of “all is fair
in achieving the comforts in life” where the wrongs are no longer wrong and the
right are no longer relevant...
One with a conscience mind may not entangle
him/ herself in this race which leads to worldly possessions but fails a person
in things empowering the soul such as genuine relationships, inner peace,
calmness, love, care and meaningful feelings. This is the reason why we have
religions and cultures to keep one in track but unfortunately today religion and
culture too is either dragged into the race or sadly it doesn’t withstand the
influence of the said race. These are
reasons for people with conscience or religion to be left out with a “outdated”
tag
One may debate as should we leave the race and
be losers? Well the issue here is there a real race? Or is the rat race a
worldly illusion promising luxury in return of losing the soul …
We should
start realizing and straighten what has to be weird and what has to be common,
till that we are equally trapped in the “infamous rat race” which causes the
good to be weird & the bad to be common …
