Everytime I remember the great Mahatma Gandhi's golden rule "Be the change you wish to see in the world", I discover a new dimension to it. Yesterday I was speaking with some colleagues at work, and all I could hear is complaining of how the "other" is unjust, irresponsible, exploitative, and how they are being the "victims" of the society, the system, the employer...or their husband or wife.
As I ponder on this vicious circle of blame game that we find ourselves trapped in for life, I find that it is the reason for all our misery and mediocrity. We give ourselves the excuse for being miserable, unproductive and disillusioned because somewhere-everywhere, there exists this powerful "other" who finds joy in sabotaging our endeavors and sucking our energy till there is no more. And the sad irony, is that after a while, we ourselves turn into this "other" that we blame. Under the pressure of fear and doubts, we slowly turn into that unjust, irresponsible, exploitative creatures we once blamed for our misery.
And so, Mahatma Gandhi had this awesomely simple wisdom by stating that instead of wasting our energies to find this someone to blame, invest your energy by being all the goodness, all the purity, all the happiness, all the peace...and all the love you wish to see in the world!
Namaste!
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