A question of balance
Do we live in a fair world? Does the same rule apply to all of us? Can we see ourselves waking up someday to find every breathing human doing the right thing? The answer is plain.
No.
Our world, or at least our understanding of it, varies with person to person and from time to time. What we assume to be constant is only our delusion. Everything else is changing. Even in a contemporaneous axis, nothing is the same for anybody. It’s easy to say that the world is fairer to the rich and unfairer to the poor, mainly because it’s anecdotally established. While we accept this truth, we conveniently forget to wonder how the poor would behave if they were rich and vice versa. The system, for lack of a better word, is lumpen. It enjoys status quo as much as the bumblebee enjoys nectar. And in such an acquiescent scenario, can we expect change? The answer is plain but not so simple.
Yes.
Just because we aren’t expected to do something doesn’t mean we shouldn’t. The cry for fairness and equality and other such imaginary values must prevail at all cost. Without the wailing of the wrongs, we’d sink further into our hollow self-righteousness. And that’s inexcusably dangerous. Stagnancy engenders gangrene for a society. We need a mirror even during the best of times to remind us of the pending work. Appreciation should accompany criticism regardless of the venue. Nobody is beneath respect or beyond criticism. An orchard is never far away from weed but the fear of weed isn’t enough. Moreover, talking about decay and decline doesn’t do anything. Actions make all the difference. If an earthquake took place somewhere, tweeting about it invoking your gods doesn’t mean shit other than validating yourself when there’s absolutely no need. The same principle behooves the offline us. So, we have to find a balance between our noble intentions and their conversion into realities. Will we ever reach that stage of parity? The answer is neither plain nor simple.
Maybe.
