On GIVING :
Nature,
and its constituents like flora and fauna and other natural phenomena are all
wired to GIVEJ
A tree gives shade, its flowers and fruits during its life time and gives
itself to nature after death! The food chain has a Giving Chain!!! With the
Humans simply sitting at the top!!!! The
Giving process here is part of Nature’s DNA and it is always out of default and
not out of choice!
The
human species is fortunate to have been gifted with the ability to think, the
ability to choose, the ability to distinguish between right and wrong and the
ability to laugh. Indeed a human being who
is aware of these endowments and consciously deploys these in his/her living,
will find success and happiness. Sharing or Giving to the deserving, is also an ability exclusively gifted only to
the human species.
Those
with resources in abundance of more than what they need to live, have but two
choices, “GIVING” part of the surplus to
the needy or simply hoarding it selfishly with themselves. However, if Giving
were easy, the world would have been a
much better place today. It probably is a good topic for researchers to study
the DNA, attributes and traits of
a.
those human being to whom “GIVING” comes very easily without any extrinsic
motivation,
b.
those to whom “GIVING” comes from
extrinsic motivation like tax benefits and
c. those to who
can Give but just don’t Give!!!
Further,
Giving money or other material resources for a cause is probably a much easier
option than Giving TIME, because the responsibility in the former ends with
signing the cheque! However Giving TIME to a cause is a need in today’s world.
The values of caring and sharing and investing
one’s time for a cause requires high
level of commitment, passion and determination. The currency here is TIME, Giving
Quality TIME to those in need of it. It
is the need of the hour, when the gap between the haves and the have-nots, is
widening and is the major cause of increasing instances of crime in society,
across the world.
A
better tomorrow, a better world will be possible not only by improvement in
technology or by sharing surplus wealth, but also by investing Time and
Patience with the underprivileged and disseminating the HOPE FOR A BETTER Life
for every member of the human species. Education systems in their content and
process may include sensitivising students to living lives which make this
Green Planet a better living place for generations to come and ensure the
healthy longevity of the human species in the Universe. It is not only the onus
or responsibility of Governments and Commercial Corporations to make this
happen. It is the responsibility of every human being to appreciate their
purpose on this Planet and contribute their bit towards making this Planet a
better home for all its stakeholders for a long time to come.
Prof.Latha
Pradeep Nair [Maiden Name: Latha Lakshminarayanan]
March
23, 2013
