It surprises me as to how incompetent we think ourselves to be when it comes to taking responsibilities or being in control of our life. After all, the life wasn't so easy for our predecessors who didn't know what would take their life, property or their relatives. In the old days, there were wars and strife; the whims and fancies of kings, nobles or religious leaders made lives of commoners a cheap commodity and they lived in uncertainty. They didn't know when the king would change, or they would be subjected to so-called justice of arbiters. It's not that our lives are free of concerns, we do face vestiges of same issues in our lives when whims and fancies of few change the things for the rest. But to blame situations or external factors for the mess we are in, doesn't hold much ground.
To say, you are powerless to change the situation you're in is an excuse to hide our laziness and unwillingness to take control of the situation. But why do we flee from challenges so often ? Why do we want the bad time to pass away naturally and wait for the golden opportunities to present themselves ? Many of us are so conditioned to having things one way that no one wants to take the path less traveled. One would go to school, college, get a good job, marry, lead a life of savings and consumption, wither and die. Our dreams have shrunk in the narrow domain, the common path we tread on, offers. Thus, even the brightest minds go and do things that don't utilize their skills and potential to the right extent. But it's easy to blame the society and forget that we are free; free to make choices, free to take our own decisions, free to change our lives.
Or were we freer in the old times ?
To say, you are powerless to change the situation you're in is an excuse to hide our laziness and unwillingness to take control of the situation. But why do we flee from challenges so often ? Why do we want the bad time to pass away naturally and wait for the golden opportunities to present themselves ? Many of us are so conditioned to having things one way that no one wants to take the path less traveled. One would go to school, college, get a good job, marry, lead a life of savings and consumption, wither and die. Our dreams have shrunk in the narrow domain, the common path we tread on, offers. Thus, even the brightest minds go and do things that don't utilize their skills and potential to the right extent. But it's easy to blame the society and forget that we are free; free to make choices, free to take our own decisions, free to change our lives.
Or were we freer in the old times ?
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