Lately I have
been noticing that wherever I go, whoever I talk to, everyone is becoming so
pessimist in their life. I don’t understand why they are so cynical about
everything. I can’t find a single person who says that he is very much
satisfied with his life, with the world and with the people around. You can
always find them bemoaning about this world, the degrading values, the
corruption, improper law and order in their state etcetera etcetera. They
believe that society has lost its way and become deluded by false values like desire
for luxury and status.
Whoever you ask,
how it’s like to live in present world, most of them are likely to answer
‘worse’, how it was like to be in the world some 200 years ago, the answer
would be ‘better’. Everyone is sending negative vibes to their environment
constantly grumbling how the world and particularly the mankind are on the
verge of self-destruction. I often find myself wondering about life in
historical era. Whenever I contemplate about that I find no reason to believe
that our ancestors were better off than us. Let me tell you something which
might make you realize that we are living in a better world than our
forefathers.
History is full of
exploitation, illiteracy, dictatorship, injustice, wars, blah blah. Those who think crime rates are more in the
present world, to correct you past was full of crimes which were hidden within
the family and society. These days newspapers are full of murders, rapes and
other crimes but it’s not like past days were crime-free. Past era was full to
these but they were not reported because the victims were less likely to get
justice. All these incidents are reported because they hope that they will get justice. Poverty was rife and life was difficult. Technology has made our life
easier that is why we get more and more time to think about little issues and
that is why these little issues seem bigger and bigger the more we get time to
think about them. There was less
opportunity to do what we like; there were not many facilities to entertain
ourselves. Medical facilities are making life expectancy longer. Status of women was pathetic now they are empowered. Aren't these the reasons to feel happy about living in this contemporary world.
I am sure we all are living in a better world than before
but I am not sure whether we are living in happier world or not. In spite of all the things which are making
life worthwhile we are not that happy because we as human we take things for
granted. We do not feel happy about what we have; we appear to care more about
the things which we do not have. This attitude is not letting us enjoy instead
of that it’s making us feel deprived. How can we change this? By changing our
attitude to life, to this world and by realizing that we are fortunate enough
to live in this much peaceful world than before. This world is already a better
place; we need to make it a happier place too by just taking our lives from
negative to positive. This is how we can create a better tomorrow for everyone
around us.
