When
one is in such a deep trouble that he cannot come out from, he, invariably,
remembers the Almighty. When one is much happier with his worldly gains, he
may, occasionally, think of those who are in trouble. Sometimes, he may even
think of doing something that may reduce the pains of those who are in trouble.
These are rather natural human responses.
The things become very different when one decides to do some
good to those who are in some pain. One who commits to do good to others has to
respond to the needs of those who are in difficulty, his immediate and remote
surroundings that he is forced to deal with while trying to solve the problems
of the needy and, last, but never the least, his own needs. More often than
not, the one committed to do good to others, tries to strike a balance between
all kinds of demands that he has to meet. The process of striking out a balance,
most often, disturbs the focus on the very objectives he had started with,
unless his surroundings are also sufficiently responsive to the pains of the
one whose troubles are being targeted for elimination.
Much has been spoken about and volumes have been written on
how to go about helping others, but the humanity has not progressed enough in
this direction that is why the gap between the problems and their solutions is
constantly widening. It is not that enough examples do not exist, which provide
the necessary lead as to how we can become useful for those who are suffering;
it is only our excessive involvement with our self-interest that do not allow us
to find the right path.
Whenever we decide to reduce the pains of others, we must
push our self-interests and all other concerns of the world around us in the
background and remain focused on the target till the job is done. But, while
being in this process of helping those we have committed to, we must ensure
that we cause no harm to anyone else. No doubt, there will be dilemmas,
bifurcated lanes and sub-lanes in this journey; but that, as one would find, will
add much value to one’s life. Anyone can try this, he will never repent.
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A
Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
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