Today I am not surprised to realize that I am living my life in a
particular way which is very common. This is the way life have to be in my world.
This is how everyone lives here in my society. My problem is that I think I
am different and I should not live like this. The most obvious and immediate questions
are:
- What is wrong living this way?
- What is my way of living, if there is any?
Answers:
1.
Good grades in school. Respecting parents and other elders. A
Bachelor’s degree from a well known institution. A well paying job. These are the social expectations till early twenties. Your neighbors and relatives create lot of pressure on
children for good grades. They destroy your teenage
life by constantly asking about your percentage, admission and later placement.
After you achieve all this. Later they want
you to marry a girl of your parents choice. Then you are supposed to keep
earning good amount of money and keep
your family happy. Even a slight deviation from this path may attract severe
criticism. I am fine till here. But what doesn't matter now a days is how you are
bringing that “good amount of money” home. These ideal social characteristics
can be relaxed to any extent if you are rich. Is all the pressure I faced since
childhood was only for money? There is
no emphasis on being a good human. Everybody even pretends to be religious.
Though no religion teaches you to be only rich. No one is ready to sacrifice. All great
people were selfless and some even sacrificed their life to teach us. Today even donation is for the sake of
showing off.
2.
I haven't developed any new way of living. But I just want to
live like what I have read in books since childhood. Our society is full of double
standards. I was made to learn so many chapters of moral,social and
environmental sciences for scoring good grades. But now when its time to
implement those concepts. I can easily follow the opposite path. I don’t feel
any social pressure. I am not a superhero nor I am a saint. I still need those
relatives and neighbors who should stop me from doing anything wrong and push
me for doing good work.
Some more Questions:
- Why some people have to be poor and their life full of problems in society?
- Why not these poor and rich settle among themselves and let middle class people like me live in peace?
- I am not doing anything so why can’t I become a little more selfish and stop even thinking all this?
