I am Change

"You must be the change, you wish to see in the world "

Social or political change starts with one person believing in it. I am neither an activist , nor a political reformer but as a citizen of this world what i am seeing transgressing around me is not how i envisaged the world when i was growing up.

There are so many issue's which we all feel the need to address in this world. Everyone is doing a marvellous job by being an activist sitting at home and writing / putting video's on social media. I want to ask one question : Is any of this helping us? Being aware is one thing, being aware of fake news or half wit news is another. We are training our mind to talk about what's going wrong in this world but how many are effectively making a difference?

When i started writing my blogs, it was to understand my feelings and take journey within me to find out what i really wanted. As days turned into years i too became complacent and wrote about topics which cajoled me. Other than that i did nothing effective about it to change. Do i feel contributing anything back? Do i think i am important? These questions are cajoling me more than the work i have done in my life. Because if i can be honest to myself, i worked on someone else's dream at work. I gave the best years of my life not bringing the change i wanted to see but be the part of a larger wheel as spoke, to make it turn.

We all come at cross roads in our life and sometimes the road chooses us and sometimes we take a leap of faith and choose a road unfamiliar to us but we know our dream to be fulfilled is at the end of that road. No one has a perfect life, we all are given opportunities to make a life for ourselves. Some fight and make it happen to succeed . While most wallow in their misgivings and miss the opportunities which present themselves. I will not call these people losers but people who have stopped believing in themselves.

With the advent of technology, every young adult these days is dreaming of becoming a billionaire by not working. Dreaming is good, but if not put to work, dreams stay dreams. To make it a reality one has to learn to work hard and smartly. I do see a lot of talent around me , but its wasted.

Today is not about this but about a topic which has me really worked up. I am not a feminist or sexist but inside me i feel there is this unrest which is cajoling me to say this without prejudice;
" We need to put Men in their place to save Humanity"

As i said neither an activist nor a political reformer, but i am really very tired and sick of this world which belongs to all of us, to be at the mercy of "Men in power".
It was never a Man's world, yet we learn in school that father ( male member of the family) is the head of the family. Far cry the person does not even know about childbirth and all of a sudden head of family. War, terrorism, corporate warfare all these toys which the so called Man desires are his doing.

Women lost their place in this food chain of power and have been struggling past decades to get a seat on the table. We have double standards for Men and women in every walk of life, yet we choose to call ourselves liberal. Another slap to our free thinking existence. Are we really free and democratic in our way of life?

Look around, see for yourself and ask this one question; Where has EGO and POWER put us? What are we doing with our lives? Will we ever leave a functional, healthy planet for future generations?
Well every human wants to have mini versions of them on this planet. Every couple, or singles after certain age crave to have children. How many more mouths can this planet feed? With our hunger for materialistic comforts and hunger for power are we even thinking of having a sustainable planet for future generations or we want the pyramid to be bottom heavy as it is already. Is poverty and hunger what we want to leave behind as our legacy?

Man created God, and now Man wants to be God. Think.... what exactly we need to do, to undo the damage already in process. Is this how we dreamt of a better world?
Hard hitting questions, no easy solution. Yet if we want to make a change, our first goal needs to be changed education system. It's an uphill task, time is not on our side, yet i do know that human resilience is strong and if we put our mind to make something happen, we all can make a difference. Question is how many would like the change for better tomorrow? It's a comfortable life... to want, to fight, to crib, to go hungry and dream of being rich. It's difficult to make changes which will change many people's lifestyles to save the planet.

We are our choices.... choose to live than to be at the bottom of pyramid someday in future.