I have had different encounters in life, learnt different lessons, seen different people, dealt with different situations. I remember those days when I used to converse with my dad on how things and people were back in his days, and it has gradually changed with time.
Changes are inevitable correct? People adapt with time, things change, time travels and world revolves around it. So it's all good. Change is good.
But few instances in recent past has made me wonder, how much of all these changes have impacted human values. Basic values like Truth and Honesty.
Those were the days when a man gives his word, he sticks to it till his last breath. There were no stamp paper, no documents to hold him accountable to what he says. It was just the words that were told by him and heard by the listener.
And today, truth is changing its color every second. Chanakya says "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."
So really, you tell something this second, and deny it straight out the very next? I wonder what are such people made up of!
I am not a very saintly person who has not done any mistakes. I have done wrong things, been wrong at times. But one thing I never did was lie to myself, to not stand my ground on things I said. If I said something wrong, did something wrong, I would own up to it.
But, THIS world of truth is new to me. Where people bend the truth as per the situations, deny their word of mouth at the face of crisis, before you rely on one truth it changes to something else and then something else leaving you wondering what was the truth after all?
No, this world of truth is not meant for people like me. We might not be right always, but we never lie when we are wrong. We don't use the "Blanket of New Truths" at the time of crisis to save our face. What we tell once, is told forever and will remain that way for years to come. May be Chanakya was right after all. People like us are first to be screwed.
I Damn this World of Truths.
-Sarita
Dated - 4th May 2016
Changes are inevitable correct? People adapt with time, things change, time travels and world revolves around it. So it's all good. Change is good.
But few instances in recent past has made me wonder, how much of all these changes have impacted human values. Basic values like Truth and Honesty.
Those were the days when a man gives his word, he sticks to it till his last breath. There were no stamp paper, no documents to hold him accountable to what he says. It was just the words that were told by him and heard by the listener.
And today, truth is changing its color every second. Chanakya says "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."
So really, you tell something this second, and deny it straight out the very next? I wonder what are such people made up of!
I am not a very saintly person who has not done any mistakes. I have done wrong things, been wrong at times. But one thing I never did was lie to myself, to not stand my ground on things I said. If I said something wrong, did something wrong, I would own up to it.
But, THIS world of truth is new to me. Where people bend the truth as per the situations, deny their word of mouth at the face of crisis, before you rely on one truth it changes to something else and then something else leaving you wondering what was the truth after all?
No, this world of truth is not meant for people like me. We might not be right always, but we never lie when we are wrong. We don't use the "Blanket of New Truths" at the time of crisis to save our face. What we tell once, is told forever and will remain that way for years to come. May be Chanakya was right after all. People like us are first to be screwed.
I Damn this World of Truths.
-Sarita
Dated - 4th May 2016
So true and lovely post! Must admit i have had similar thoughts a lot of time in life. While reading it feels you just took words out of my mouth.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to add that i had a crazy idea one day in my dreams. In it one lonely night I was speaking to God and complaining to him for 3 hours straight non-stop.
And finally when i exhausted, God replied to me, "Son all that you have said are the perils of evolution. Thou are not the first i created... and wont be the last."
Our traits of dishonesty and foul heart in general will make us take decisions which will be worser off for our next generations.
The only way our is to just introspect and making ourselves not go down that path. Whether it effects the world, only God knows! :)