Friday 18 May, 2007

Let the Gandhi within us survive

Mahatma Gandhi brought to life the same principals that were buried in our hearts for centuries and just needed a slight detonation to explode out into the world. We all have a little angel within us. When a child is born, he/she is the true image of that angel. The child is naturally kind and compassionate, emotional and simple. A rent these values quite similar to the teachings of the Father of our Nation? This shows that we all have those intrinsic qualities but the real challenge lies in maintaining those qualities and working on them. We know we are right but we are afraid of taking a step in the right direction. We know it when injustice looms but we hide away instead of rising against it boldly. We are afraid to swim against the tide and this lets us get carried away by the current of general conceptions, which may either be right or wrong, we don’t even care. Now we have to really look within us for the solutions to all the problems facing us. If everyone born pure is turning inconsiderate in the process of growing up, then there is something seriously wrong in the way we are bringing them up. Children have to be taught at every step that "right is might" even if "wrong appears strong". We have to modify our way of functioning first in order to show the next generation the correct way to live. The schools that do not follow their own code of conduct cannot teach its children to be righteous and non-violent.
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