Provoked...!!!

As I look around, I find so much beauty that I wonder how much care and pain its creator might have taken to bring together this masterpiece of art and imagination. Its not an easy task, I am sure. But we, the ones who have been gifted with such beautiful place to live in, tend to take it for granted. Have anyone of us ever tried to know and realise the damage we are doing to it? Do we have the time to just stop and think? We are so tied up in our own lil world that we dont realise that we, knowingly or unknowingly, are scarring it........!

I have always been put to thought, forced by circumstances or by choice, and I have many a times decided to take the untrodden path, to realise my potential. And to be Different from others. But never have I thought of jotting down my opinions, my beliefs and my thoughts. But today, after reading another blog, I feel like speaking about everything that has been going through my mind for so long now.

We, as humans are said to be different from animals. Different 'coz we have the ability to think and comprehend. And 'coz we are gifted with brains that help us know right from wrong. I repeat we are "said" to be different.

Yes, I do doubt if we are different. 'Coz we tend not to think, not to realize what our actions might mean and do to someone else. Its so sad that we can not have a single day without violence! Just to speak about an incident which occured months back but has left a lasting mark on my mind.

Local trains are the lifeline of Mumbaitees. But it can very well become a reason for your death. Firstly, the trains are so jam packed that you rarely can breath when in it. And to add to it, you always have these fights for a place to sit or stand properly. Just imagine people already frustrated or irritated by their personal woes getting into a fight there, it can get so ugly. That is exactly what happened one morning....! The person who started the fight was very well to be blamed but, what happened thereafter was baffling. This man, strong and muscualr, gave a punch to a lean college guy. The punch was so hard that the guy started feeling giddy. Seeing this, others in the train, first bad mouthed the man. But later, they all came together and started hitting that person unmercifully. So many people against just one man......!!!!

Whatever be the extent of fault of the man, no one can justify such an unfathomable act!

How could we act in such a manner? How could we become so inconsiderate of others? How can we ever justify such an act? I can think of no way and no situation in which you can take such drastic steps! How can you be sure that - "that person did not act out of insanity?" Can not there be chances that the person actually suffered from some mental imbalance which made him act that way? Could you have done the same thing to your own child, if he/she were to be mentally imbalanced? You could not hurt /her yourself and you would never spare the one who would hurt your child....! Before you act, give it a thought. Think if whatever you are doing is right or wrong?

I, personally believe, that whatever the mistakes committed by a person, he/she should be forgiven. And in no way should he/she be treated so inconsiderately by others.

People are increasingly becoming intolerant. Whatever be the reasons behind it - stress, the ever-increasing workload- it can in no way be a justification for your unreasonable acts.

Another recent example to which everyone reacted, was the India-Australia series. The way Australians treated the "men in blue" is well known, by now. Indians did react, but intelligently. They did not create a ruckus on the field by retaliating verbally. Instead, they chose to react by way of cricket itself. And the rest is history.

They could very well have acted similar to the Australians and the result would have been ugly. And it would have tarnished the image of Indians. They could also have withdrawn from the match without fighting back. But no, they fought and they won. That is the right way to retaliate, to revenge, to strike back...!

It would do the world a lot of good to imbibe this quality within each one of us. To have patience and to act intelligently. To know that hurting others would do no good. To realize that - "an eye for an eye could actually make the whole world blind".