Eons ago, as a child when I saw my Auto driver thrash my friend and pull a 8 year old by his ear just for being late by 10 minutes I remember being scared and wanted to change everybody like him.
As I reached my sixth grade, when my friend lied of not stealing away my “HERO” Pen which was my favorite then, I remember being extremely angry at her and wanted to change her so that she speaks the truth.
I recollect politely and calmly refusing when a random 30+ stranger who sat next to me in the bus that strange Saturday (when I was returning home from School) had tried persuading me to go to movie with him or have an ice cream with him. Being just a 12 year old, I also remember the only voice ringing in my head aloud was that of my Grandma’s who time and again repeated how not to entertain strangers. I had felt very terrible that day since all I did was lie to him since I was always taught that lying was a sin. But, eventually the lesson learnt was that lying at times certainly helps. Such experiences did continue even when I was in college and also when I traveled to work. And if given a chance, I would like to change all such perverts who have never ever been responsible their entire life, have in no positive ways contributed to the society, whom no individual will ever trust and hence try to find solace or whatever that godforsaken thing is called in kids or women, who they know can never even get close to the nasty things running in their already fucked up head.As a teenager, when I saw my far relative hit his old parents ruthlessly or saw my neighbor hitting his wife, I learnt that along with good examples there are the bad ones too. Every kid probably does not get a happy home as I did. This was a learning of how one should never become. I wanted to change all such people who believed in instigating violence for reasons which would only make sense to them and never to us.I do not recollect anything more of her than the yummy fish fry she cooked. She was some acquaintance of my Mom from native who used to come home only to cook delicious food for her Son. I wondered if her Son would have relished her food the way we all at home did since he was admitted in the nearby hospital due to drugs intake. I heard all the devastating stories about him through the conversations my Mom and she shared and learnt how easily one can screw up their entire life with such addictions. I remember wanting to change all the addicts in such a manner that they never indulge in it then on. The only thing I ever knew that happened after the 2000’s fever was the 9/11 tragedy. It was everywhere. It was on the TV, on the newspapers and had somehow succeeded to crawl into everyone’s talks, created a fear of such attacks in their hearts who witnessed it directly or indirectly. Probably like most others, it was then that I came across the name for the first time Osama Bin Laden. I wanted to change every one, who like him used his religion as a shield and an excuse to spread terrorism and fear in the society. I hope when he finally died last year he had realized that by mentioning Jihad or Islam time and again the only thing he caused to his religion was a non acceptance in the whole world. Almost ten years later my desire for change has only increased. I wonder how is it that I can prioritize on one and let go off another thing that also needs to transform. I mean what if I gave you situations and ask you to choose as to what is it that you would want to change for the better?Corruption, Forced Prostitution, begging rackets, Female Infanticide, Multiple Scams, undisclosed names of Swiss bank account holders, Ajmal Kasab (I am sure there isn’t a need to elaborate it), Match fixing scandals, Dowry deaths, Serial killers, honor killing, foolish and greedy politicians.. I don’t think my list would ever end.Honestly! I never thought I could blog on this topic because if I choose one of this I will feel that another trivial issue has been let off. Hence, I wondered as to what is that one thing I would like to wish for so that all the above mentioned things could change. My solutions, ranged from standard answers like being unselfish to having empathy towards another. But alas! None of them were worth an article until I ended up with one thing that is the most simple way to follow and probably can eradicate all of this from the root. And that’s CONSCIENTIOUSNESS! Conscientious means an act that is done according to our conscience and conscience is that voice you listen to within which never fails to differentiate between the Good and the Bad. All we have to do is listen to it. I would like to recreate a World where all humans go back to listen to their conscience. This alone would take care of selfishness, jealousy and all the negativity that prevails. Indulging in this would result in “BUTTERFLY EFFECT”. For those who are unaware of this term, it is Chaos theory which states that a very small difference in the initial state of a physical system can make a significant difference to the state at some later time.Keep Smiling,
HPK!!!