Nearly everyone might have heard of Alexander-the Great.
Seem to be drawing great inspiration from the man, most of us have chosen a certain kind of a roller coaster life ride for ourselves and our loved ones.
I wonder what inspired us to do so?
Primarily social conditioning, which includes demands from society, parents etc. which in turn shapes our own thoughts about goals and purpose in life.
How about drawing ourselves out of this so called wonderful journey, taking a moment to ponder whether its worth it all?
Is becoming powerful (Alexander) in our respective spheres is what we need in life?
What has this tendency brought us all to?
Not to mention the fact that all of us as a society are struggling big time to deal with this tiny little Covid-19 virus!
There must be something that we are not doing that great!
If we don’t realize this now, then when?
For there is a price to pay,
Consequences to deal with,
For nothing comes free in life,
And nature has its own cruel way of taking things back to where it belongs.
Possibly, a wake up call it is, for all!
A realization,
To think and act responsibly,
To go beyond what seems to be the perceived truth,
To be what one is supposed to be as a human being,
To explore the very dimensions of life
and
More importantly, change our role models,
For emulating Alexander, is not working out to be great at all!
A guy born and brought up in an effluent family in India, goes to Canada to pursue his higher studies and commits suicide for the want of not being able to meet his own expectations, based on the comparison he draws with his classmate.
A guy makes it to a premier institute in India and commits suicide while in his final year, because he gets an F (fail) in one of the courses.
Makes one ponder what kind of society one is living in and the kind of upbringing it has to offer to the next generation.
Conditioned from the childhood itself to draw comparisons,
Conditioned to compete and be a part of the rat race,
Conditioned to jump to conclusions for the want of immediate gratification and not having a long-term perspective in mind,
Conditioned to think in a manner which might make no sense at all to the very fundamentals of life,
Is this what we desire for our kids and the next generation?
Is this what’s the purpose was to bring a new life in this world?
Well, it’s high time, one delves into the above questions and begin to change the way we all have got habituated to living our lives in a senseless manner.
For, if we don’t respond, the day is not far, when such inclinations might become the only guiding force in life, needless to say, leading to a much worse situation that what it is right now.
The question though is, do we have the mindset and willingness to bring about this change?
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