As a middle class person, you always tend to realise the importance of money more than anything else. You know what it is like to live without it and you know why it is so important to have it. But, what happens when the urge to earn money supersedes every other feeling. Not to be misconstrued, I am not against people who work hard to earn the money or dream big. The problem is when the means are wrong. The richness that you have earned is out of backstabbing, hurting, cheating someone. How do you justify that?
It's not about being judgmental. Every living being in his or her lifetime has the right to live the right way and pursue their dreams. At times, certain compromises are expected of them, which they are wiling to make. So far, so good. But the problem arises when in the drive to move ahead, people start making an effort to push others behind. That by any standard is not right. Simply because while you choose to move ahead, you have no right to decide that others should trail. Not to say, you should not move ahead. Only that you need not shove anyone behind. Coz, you too wouldn't be comfortable if someone tries to push you. Also, you don't have a right to cheat someone. Simply because no dream can ever rest on the efforts put in by someone else. You can beg, borrow, steal. But will that ever give you the satisfaction of having achieved it. Will it ever give you the peace of mind. Perhaps, something around which all of us revolve.
The reason for this thought crossing my mind is something that I saw at close quarters in recent past. Backstabbing in the meanest form. An effort to rob someone off their home. Yes, I say home, because that is what it is for the person in question. A home built out of the money earned in the lifetime. A home raised with the dreams of seeing your future generations live in the same house. All that was shattered in a minute. And all this was done by a blood relative.
It surprises, stuns and leaves me speechless.
Manjiri
It's not about being judgmental. Every living being in his or her lifetime has the right to live the right way and pursue their dreams. At times, certain compromises are expected of them, which they are wiling to make. So far, so good. But the problem arises when in the drive to move ahead, people start making an effort to push others behind. That by any standard is not right. Simply because while you choose to move ahead, you have no right to decide that others should trail. Not to say, you should not move ahead. Only that you need not shove anyone behind. Coz, you too wouldn't be comfortable if someone tries to push you. Also, you don't have a right to cheat someone. Simply because no dream can ever rest on the efforts put in by someone else. You can beg, borrow, steal. But will that ever give you the satisfaction of having achieved it. Will it ever give you the peace of mind. Perhaps, something around which all of us revolve.
The reason for this thought crossing my mind is something that I saw at close quarters in recent past. Backstabbing in the meanest form. An effort to rob someone off their home. Yes, I say home, because that is what it is for the person in question. A home built out of the money earned in the lifetime. A home raised with the dreams of seeing your future generations live in the same house. All that was shattered in a minute. And all this was done by a blood relative.
It surprises, stuns and leaves me speechless.
Manjiri
No comments:
Post a Comment