Saturday, August 13, 2005

UNGRATEFUL

"Swami Dayanand Saraswati while in a journey offered a fruit to a child who was travelling along with his mother. Even though only after approval from his mother child accepted the fruit yet his mother slapped him. Swamiji in shocked state asked the woman the reason for such behaviour. She replied to him that she had slapped him not becoz of accepting a thing from stranger but becoz of child not saying thankyou in return."

It was only few months ago that i heard this story from my frnds's brother but my belief in being thankful for slightest of gestures matched with the mother in story. My thoughts on the issue originated due to the shocking response i got on vacating a seat for an elderly woman travelling with her son of my age.

i believe that it is the usage of words like thankyou along with such true feelings that plays an important role in shaping the future of society. except few ppl all need recognition, reciprocation in one form or the other for the help they provide. timely gestures in return provide energy to keep them going on other occasions as well. this feeling then circulates. this tendency to help others keeps on penetrating the society which in long run makes it stand apart from rest...

on the other hand if we forget to be thankful to anybody it makes the other one to feel that his efforts were not needed, that they have spent their energy without use. it prevents him from doing same on other occasions as well. others observing such ungrateful behaviour of few also feels demotivated for helping others for they fear same consequences. this scenario in long run proves disastrous for any society... as time passes by the situation gets worse.it makes ppl feel divided and act selfishly. they forget wht others did for their peaceful existence since this wht they have been witnessing all their life...thanklessness...

at times when my thinking goes towards selfishness seeing the state of ppl around me( especially elder section of society) i feel amazed at the sacrifices made by our freedom fighters. i wonder wht made them go for it? i feel it was their beleif in their ppl as well as newer generations... that their sacrifices r needed as well as wud be reciprocated... but sometimes i am confused whether they judged the society correctly or society was different those times or society is same and it is me who is at fault in finding faults in others...
whtever be the truth i try to keep helping others and my strength is the the fact that at many times i had received help even without asking for it. no of times ppl helped me is still greater than the times i helped others. still no of men who vacated seat for my mother and aunts is greater than no of women for whom i vacated...
and even if it happens that i dont get help anymore i wud still be going same path since i owe too much to those who made it possible for me to be born in a free country...our freedom fighters... and more than for myself i am grateful to them for the life they made possible for my family, frnds, and all my countrymen...
i want to live upto their dreams...
and i fear many times what if it doesnt happens...

Thursday, August 04, 2005

busy week...
not becoz of h.264 but becoz of household work... MAA is satying with me now a days... so busy all the time in shopping... till few days back i just had clothes and books with me as my only pocessions but now... fridge, tv, almirah, cooler, furniture , cooking gas, kitchen ware etc etc ... what else remains... still new things coming up everyday... i am very lazy person but all the time active now a days becoz of her... life revolves so much around her...
always felt amazed when ppl say women hold less command than men in this world... to me all my life till now seems to be controlled by her and still the control is on :-(
felt relieved on seeing one pic in today's TOI... mukesh ambani holding hand of Kokila ben... hhahaha...such big men powerful by all means still under control of mother... i am not alone my type...
i think being obedient and being successsful has a strong conection... i feel this to be true for indians atleast...hmmm much still remains from my side in this regard...will write abt it in my next post... time to leave... for still more purchases...
bye
best wishes
one more thing... always forgetting...
thanks a lot everybody for ur valuable comments... i know my posts r boring kind but this is wht i am... thanks for coming up here...