I am at a place where there is ten hours of official power cut daily. About 15 days back, I was cribbing for a two hour power cut. Not that I am effected by any of these ( thanks to Michael Faraday ). But its insane that we realize the worth of what we have only after experiencing/ seeing what others don't have.
Everything runs on comparison. Its good, as far as the comparison is healthy and we learn from it. But, the problem starts when we don't do that. We see the dark side of it and create a chaos. And then we crib.
On my self discovering journey, I tried figuring out things, that could possibly hinder growth of an individual and eventually the nation as a whole. And the answers I got are pretty simple but working on them would be a task. Nevertheless, it would only benefit us if we can inculcate a little of them slowly in our way of thinking.
Here they go,
Cribbing is the biggest problem.
There's power shortage -- we crib
Somebody doesn't meet our expectations-- we crib
There's water stoppage for a few hours -- we crib
No auto/ bus-- We crib
If its hot/ cold/ rainy/ pleasant -- we crib
In short we crib for anything and everything. In fact we have taken it as our birth right. We would soon have RTC ( Right to Crib ) act just like RTE and RTI. And then we would have bifurcations about who can crib how much and who have little less privilege to crib and so on...
We always crib with a whine and we don't stop it for a long time. Apart from wasting a lot of time, we also waste considerable amount of energy. Not that we could have done something that would have questioned the very existence of the working of human brain. But, not cribbing and accepting things would fasten up things. And also give some fodder to the brain, making use of it for better purposes than cribbing.
Half the problems of the world could be solved if only we could stop cribbing and start moving.
The second big problem - Acceptance.
Why is acceptance a problem? Why can't we just say okay, this is how it is going to be and get on with our lives. Its simple, instead of debating about a problem we can always accept the problem and do something to solve it. If not solving it at least find an alternative to it so that it doesn't come in our way of things. Like for power cuts, we know nothing can be done to them other than fixing a generator or UPS. But, not everybody can own one. Instead of cribbing we can accept the fact and strategically plan out things.
A recent newspaper article highlighted the brighter side of power cuts. Read on.
Making issue out of everything is the sole purpose of our existence.
The issue making business starts from small things and then goes on to larger unimportant stuff. For instance, India losing a cricket match is the biggest news on television. The issue is blown so much out of proportion that one feels as if we lost a war and now destruction of the country is inevitable. And then we of course have other important issues that needs to be discussed, like wardrobe malfunction, who's wearing what in who's party and why etc...
I am not opposing them, I am just trying to figure out why is it given so much of importance? A television channel should be a blend of every news, highlighting the important ones ( news that affects the nation as a whole ).
Cribbing eventually leads to making an issue of unimportant things. Its good to make an issue of things that affects the nation and needs to be addressed with immediate action. For instance, corruption, illegal stuff, murders, rapes, health hazards, inflation etc... have to be made an issue of to tackle them effectively and create an awareness. The rest can just be news that provides information.
Its about time we accept things and settle down. We cannot crib for everything. We either have to accept it or do something to change it.
Cribbing is not the solution to any problem. Accepting and moving on will help us in tackling problems if not offering a solution to it.
Time to start working. :)
Everything runs on comparison. Its good, as far as the comparison is healthy and we learn from it. But, the problem starts when we don't do that. We see the dark side of it and create a chaos. And then we crib.
On my self discovering journey, I tried figuring out things, that could possibly hinder growth of an individual and eventually the nation as a whole. And the answers I got are pretty simple but working on them would be a task. Nevertheless, it would only benefit us if we can inculcate a little of them slowly in our way of thinking.
Here they go,
Cribbing is the biggest problem.
There's power shortage -- we crib
Somebody doesn't meet our expectations-- we crib
There's water stoppage for a few hours -- we crib
No auto/ bus-- We crib
If its hot/ cold/ rainy/ pleasant -- we crib
In short we crib for anything and everything. In fact we have taken it as our birth right. We would soon have RTC ( Right to Crib ) act just like RTE and RTI. And then we would have bifurcations about who can crib how much and who have little less privilege to crib and so on...
We always crib with a whine and we don't stop it for a long time. Apart from wasting a lot of time, we also waste considerable amount of energy. Not that we could have done something that would have questioned the very existence of the working of human brain. But, not cribbing and accepting things would fasten up things. And also give some fodder to the brain, making use of it for better purposes than cribbing.
Half the problems of the world could be solved if only we could stop cribbing and start moving.
The second big problem - Acceptance.
Why is acceptance a problem? Why can't we just say okay, this is how it is going to be and get on with our lives. Its simple, instead of debating about a problem we can always accept the problem and do something to solve it. If not solving it at least find an alternative to it so that it doesn't come in our way of things. Like for power cuts, we know nothing can be done to them other than fixing a generator or UPS. But, not everybody can own one. Instead of cribbing we can accept the fact and strategically plan out things.
A recent newspaper article highlighted the brighter side of power cuts. Read on.
Making issue out of everything is the sole purpose of our existence.
The issue making business starts from small things and then goes on to larger unimportant stuff. For instance, India losing a cricket match is the biggest news on television. The issue is blown so much out of proportion that one feels as if we lost a war and now destruction of the country is inevitable. And then we of course have other important issues that needs to be discussed, like wardrobe malfunction, who's wearing what in who's party and why etc...
I am not opposing them, I am just trying to figure out why is it given so much of importance? A television channel should be a blend of every news, highlighting the important ones ( news that affects the nation as a whole ).
Cribbing eventually leads to making an issue of unimportant things. Its good to make an issue of things that affects the nation and needs to be addressed with immediate action. For instance, corruption, illegal stuff, murders, rapes, health hazards, inflation etc... have to be made an issue of to tackle them effectively and create an awareness. The rest can just be news that provides information.
Its about time we accept things and settle down. We cannot crib for everything. We either have to accept it or do something to change it.
Cribbing is not the solution to any problem. Accepting and moving on will help us in tackling problems if not offering a solution to it.
Time to start working. :)
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