Sounds familiar or do I seem irrational? Might be:) But do I have any control over any of the above? Try educating but can’t expect much of a change, at least not overnight! What best could I do then, other than just chose to turn off myself in these situations like below;)
But is this all the noise that surrounds me? As I introspect, there lies a repository of noise pollution within me! So many thoughts that are really unwarranted for because they are all about things / people / circumstances / past / future etc on which we have absolutely no control nor any influence.
All our efforts and energy are devoted towards these thoughts leading to
unbalanced internal equilibrium – hence those mood swings, disappointments,
depressions, angry outbursts, tragedies…
A simple instance, like handling kids in day-to-day life: right from them
shouting, making a mistake, acting stubborn at times while at times cranky – In
all of these, if you chose to lose your cool and react in anger- mostly you
observe an adverse impact on kids; they can retaliate in their own way – won’t
they? We are still to recover from the recent tragedy of a 41 year old teacher
killed by a class 9 student! On a closer scrutiny of this incident, you would
realize that this is an outcome of matured individuals’ parents &
teachers’ action, which was the trigger.
What did we achieve in all this? Polluted / Restless environment…Today, we are forced or rather forced ourselves to handle different kinds of pollution – Noise, dust, air, water, littering, and so on, all contaminating the nature; today’s politics, education, services (hospitals, hotels etc) etc! All these are inter-related to a greater extent per me.
On a causal analysis, I realize that the roots to all this traces to ‘One’s SELF’- each individual’s THINKING’->Attitude->Choices->Action/Reaction. So, ‘Thinking’ is, in many ways, the starting point to make a difference; to save nature from further damage; to save humankind from impending danger due to varying & increasing pollution…
‘The inner state of being of a man of realization is compared to a child. This simile highlights a few aspects of his mental attitude. The child is constantly bubbling with energy. It has tremendous enthusiasm and joy because it does not have any motives, worries and anxieties. The child does not allow regrets of the past and anxieties of the future to swarm into the present. The child does not carry his hatred forward after he has fought for a toy. A child forgets the hatred and gets on with relationships amicably. The child always remains in the present. Be a child today, and ever after!’
Right from our home till the universe, it’s ‘U’ who can ‘Be the difference and See the difference!’ I would like to conclude with sharing a video – A simple one that illustrates the difference one can make with their thinking & acting!