Time for a change

What makes the humans different from other species?

I could take a 3 part series, talk about the different species on this earth, move around to possible existence of martians. For the sake of your mental well being i shall spare these for other whole posts.

Getting to the point quickly, I feel the difference is our ability to change and make changes. We have the ability to change the future for ourselves and our future generations. The change I am talking about here is not the run of the mill, fairy tales selling the new novels by the dozen.(read the twilight saga here)

The right people doing the right things will be a major consideration here, especially when it comes to people with power. We cannot change ourselves if we do not see the mistake we made. Turning a blind eye and having confidence is one thing. To have the diffidence and being ignorant will get us nowhere. The whole society is a fabric held together by many threads. Threads of fraternity, religion, neighborhood, money, power, etc. The most important thread of them all is humanity. Without that we would just perish.

When you actually think about it, this is what is missing the most in today’s world. We have schools teaching us to be great politicians, great mathematicians, great economists, great scientists, great doctors but I don’t see a school teaching us to be great human beings.

When the recession hit the US all I thought was "Ok, so now what is going to happen to my job. How can I make progress in such a bad economy?" This might be basic human instinct for survival or maybe my pure selfishness; you can be the judge of that.

I never thought of what is going to happen to the millions of people in US, what will happen to their jobs, their families. How emotionally distraught they would be looking at their economy in turmoil, with an uncertain future. Once this thought sprung to my mind I felt bad, not for the US citizens or myself but for the society.

Are we this helpless as a society that we will not help someone in their time of need? Will we take up any opportunities to seek our progress even at the stake of others misery?

"In a world of angels and demons which one are you."