Essence of Independence
It was a
very lazy morning, curling up in bed with no intentions of getting up. Yes, you
guessed it right; it was a public holiday, Independence Day to be precise. Wanted
to hug myself in glee, as I had no work schedule to be followed also could just
laze around and the usual stuff could be done at an easy pace. Later part of
the day would go gallivanting for fun or to just kill time. This I would always
say ‘INDEPENDENCE’ in actual sense. Hippy!!That’s me on any casual public
holiday, of course not to forget my phone was continuously flooded with Independence Day messages which I checked at regular intervals.
But one message just caught
my attention and here it is-‘what light is to the eyes, what air is to lungs,
what love is to heart, liberty is to the soul of man, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY’ and
yes my mind set rolling.
What is Independence or rather what freedom means to me? Is it the same
that I have been teaching and preaching during the history lectures or beyond that? Does it come with
some terms and conditions, with a monetary price tag, with an expiry date?
Ugh!! Can’t even think of it. Then why do we take freedom for GRANTED.
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Mind needs to be set free from cluttered thoughts to experience freedom |
Freedom is important my mind asserted. It basically means getting to do
what you want to do, making your own choices. Freedom
is being able to have a voice and to let it be heard. If you ask a tot of
6 years what freedom means he might say getting completely drenched in the rain
for hours together without any howling and whacking from mommy, for a lady it
would be shopping for endless hours and so on.
However if
we as individuals misuse and take undue advantage of freedom or independence
then things can get real dirty. So it is truly said that freedom or
independence does come with a price and that price is called –RESPONSIBILITY
and DISCIPLINE. We need to set our minds free and break the clutches of mental
slavery. At the same time over rating freedom or liberty will do no good.
In the recipe
of Independence the essential ingredients are responsibility, vigilance and
discipline, trust me these together can do wonders. Adequate amount of freedom
will surely bring peace in the world. To implement this we need the backing of Basic Morals and Value Education.
We have
already paid a heavy price for independence through our martyrs, not any more. Let us all wholeheartedly respect this freedom
and independence today, tomorrow and always.
True
independence and freedom is not ‘my choice’ but the ‘right choice’. Give it a
try and see the difference for yourself. JAI HIND!!!!
