Hi everyone,
We know what's in news these days. The terrorism act that has shaken our Nation. I was having a conversation with one of my friends, the other day, on why should we (innocent people) suffer when we didn't do anything wrong and what can we (innocent people) do to stop this act of terrorism being it external or internal. And, that's when i thought, lets pass on something that i think on this terrifying act and what we, as an individual or as a group, can do to make our nation a safer place to live in.
We Hold our Future!!! As an individual, i feel, an individual can influence/manipulate each and every moment of it's own life. An individual is responsible for it's act done in the past or being done in the present or will be done in the future. But, there's always the exception, that's where individual would need to collaborate and a group or team or society or Nation comes into picture and then, we as a group or team or society or nation would be able to influence/manipulate each and every moment of our life and so, we as a group or team or society or nation would be responsible for our act done in the past or being done in the present or will be done in the future.
I am gonna start with something that i learned during a session in Infosys training. If we hold this concept close to our heart and mind of course (I trust mind more than the heart :-)) , everyone of us would be the king of our own castle, and on top of this, after applying a bit of our brain, there won't be any regret ever for any act but, just a learning which is good always. Yes, i am talking about COC (Circle of Concern) and COI(Circle of Influence).
A Circle of Concern encompasses the wide range of concerns we have, such as our health, our children, problems at work, the amount of government borrowing, or the threat of war.
A Circle of Influence encompasses those concerns that we can do something about. They are concerns that we have some control over.(-courtesy: http://www.idea.gov.uk/imp/aio/1033448).
The idea is to expand the COI so that you could totally enclose the COC. What it means in simple term is, you have the control over all your concerns and so live life the way you want to live. To give you real life scenario, i would ask you a simple question. Here it goes...
There is this guy called Ram working in an MNC. He needs to walk for one KM. to reach the office. One day, he got late for the office because, it started raining on the way. So, what would be your reaction on this situation? Now, most of you would think, may be you too that, it's normal...not a big deal...There was a problem i.e. raining and so, he got late for the office. But, i would say, he could have avoided this situation easily and reach the office on time if he would have made the COI bigger or closer to COC. To say few, he could have carried an umbrella or overcoat or he could have taken auto for a day. He could have left early if it was gonna rain. He should have always kept some time as a buffer time in reaching the office to handle these kinda situation. I hope, you understood i am trying to convey.
Alright, let's consider a situation that terrified India as a Nation. Let's talk about our nation. We saw many unfortunate acts of terrorism by those inhuman being in the past. We had the anger against the politician, navy, etc. for not being able to stop it in the first place, which is obvious. But, what i want to convey is, these unfortunate acts can be avoided if every citizen of india becomes little proactive and concious on these matters. If we do our duties as a citizen of India with all our heart and mind of course. If, we feel as responsible as the police dept. to make the nation a safer place to live in. But, what we usually do is we blame the Govt. the police etc. for anything that happens to us in terms of all these unfortunate acts. Complaining the Govt. or the police or the navy is totally ok as they have the responsibility of making the Nation a safe, secure place to live in .
But, i wanna ask you (all the citizn of India) one thing. Do you deserve to blame the Govt. or the police for these unfortunate act? Do you think that you are doing your duties as a citizen of india? Do you think, you are as proactive as the police or the Govt. is for your safety? Do you choose the right people as the Leader to serve you? Do you always abide by the rules such as the traffic rules etc? Do you always do things which are legal and try to stop any illegal activities simply by informing the concerned people? Do you try to keep the Nation clean and green? Do you have the feeling of helping others in need to make the Nation a better place for all of us? Do you have the feeling of being a citizen of the Incredible India? Now, if you answer "YES" to all of these questions, you difinitely deserve to ask the Govt. for the explanation of any unfortunate act. But if not, please don't just play a blame game.
Now, don't tell me that you alone, being proactive and concious, doing things right won't make a difference. we, an individual grouped together makes the nation. If each individual does the right thing, the whole country is doing the right thing and we will achieve what we want to achieve as a nation. Don't bother about whether others are doing the right thing or not. Everybody takes different amount of time to react on different issue. You should be on your on and wake up as an individual doing things right. You might be the reason to wake some1 up for good. And, have patience, "Rome wasn't built in a day". It will take time, but gradually, we would be reaching at better stage.
At the end, i want to say. Before, blaming some one for any situation, ask yourself, did you do your part of duty with your heart and mind? Ask yourself, if you could have done something differently in the first place, it would have avoided the whole goddamn thing. Most of the time, it would be "Yes" and that should be a great learning.
U control Ur life.
U r what U r coz of the decision made by U.
U have achieved all this coz of all ur good work.
U r responsible of all Ur act.
U can influence every moment of Ur life.
U can make the difference.
U can make the whole Nation a better place.
U have a great power.
Thanks,
Kumar Pritam
p.s. I apologize, if i hurt anyone's sentiment, if i said something wrong against someone. It is all my perception based on what i have seen till now. Please, let me know if i put anything incorrectly or if u have any suggestion or any comments in this regard. The whole idea of this blog was to make u feel that u r the one who can do anything, u can make a difference, u can make the nation a safer place. U have a great power. Thanks for reading. Do post ur views. Thanks :-)
