Brotherhood & Empathy...

Ever thought what a 4 year kid's toy would make you feel??? Honestly! silly, useless, or at times amusing, and that too if there is a quotient of something interesting in it... but mostly irrelevant! Ever thought what an adolescents fear of the world, insecurity of thoughts would mean to you? Until the individual is related, and sometimes, even though related, mostly NOTHING!!! Probably, if you are a middle aged person, or maybe older, all those cases are just not you, so you wouldn't really relate. Ever wondered how much does a person of the same age group as you, really get to your thoughts, his/her actions, thoughts, feelings or even situation impress upon you? Lets be honest, the answer would be "i don't know.." or a "Ummm.. somewhat...", and this too if you know or are interested about the person you are thinking about. Otherwise its mostly a shrug, which probably says "please don't bother!".

That, my friend, may be categorized as ignorance, unempathetic behaviour... wonder! where does it come from? Are all people that selfish, to such an extent that we are blind to so many intricate, delicate and beautiful things in the world, that we are shielded from all the suffering and the pain in the world? And if you are reading this and have the opportunity to read this, you are for sure mostly well off than a very big majority of the population around us. When we were children there was no such segregation of the society which suddenly crops up when we grow up and become mature. Lets look at it from an outsiders perspective, we behave in a more immature manner, the more we grow old and are supposed to be mature...

The truth may be far from being blind or shielded, it may be, and to some extent it is that we have grown accustomed to seeing all this for a long time. From a time we were kids when we could do nothing about it till date when we don't want, bother or simply don't have time to look any more... and here's a paradox, we still look but not look at such things with a similar indifference, as if we still cannot influence anything around us, as if we still cannot do anything about the things happening around us.

Some wise man has very rightly said:

"Charity begins at home"

and that is as true today as it was in the past and so it would be in the times to come. Since childhood there was so many things we have always wanted to do and so many things that we never could and possibly, one among them was a innate and burning desire to help people around us. So if we were resourceful enough, or were taught to be helpful since childhood, helpful!, to all around us, to people who had a genuine need, may it be our friend, relative, neighbour or may be someone unknown, we'd probably be empathizing and helping with people around us. Now though we are too much familiar with it, we've kindof grown up on it.

We talk so much about religion, some of us even say we are really pious and devoted men, well even women. Its real sarcastic and sometimes funny when such people commit such unjust acts towards others. You'd feel like asking, where is your piety? where is your devotion? Doesn't devotion and piety ask you to be accomodative of people around you, are you not supposed to treat all men as equals, to spread harmony and brotherhood and tolerance!!?

An ocean so vast is also made up of drops of water, that is to say, when each on of us understands the importance of our individual contribution towards a target so vast, which can only be conquered by all of us believing and beginning to contribute, joining hands to overcome, and most importantly empathize with each other and each others problems, feelings and emotions. we can all join together as one and make this world a better living place.

Lets make the world a better place!..