We have embraced the cyber world and globalization with alacrity and arms wide open. There is no dearth of smart, witty and educated people who think the world of themselves to the extent of bogging down others.
Wait a minute! Did I just mention education? Let us be clear about our definition of education, for starters. According to wiktionary,
1) The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgement.
2) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned either formally or informally.
Well, agree to that. But, since we hear a lot of snobs and smugs boasting about their higher education and harbouring heaps of false superiority complex; the situation compelled me to discuss this topic across the masses. The knowledge and skills are beyond the bookish education we are so proud of. How about harbouring some sensitivity to understand someone's pain and stop looking at them through resentful or reproachful eyes and start treating them as humans?
My questions are directed towards the people who are mighty complacent and supercilious about their higher educational accomplishments.
Give it a thought: What have you done to be so proud of your credentials? Have you ever fortified a poor old man to allow him a better life? Have you ever brought alive an absolute stranger's gloomy and sombre face? Have you ever tried to develop empathy towards people you despise?
Wonder why you're always ready with a clever and insolent retort to someone innocent enough to be unable to retaliate? Ever thought, what pleasure do you derive in misjudging people's rumoured stories you're totally oblivious of the actually reality of?
If you have ever made a person feel miserable about his existence then I doubt your educational stature. All of us go through a tough time once in a lifetime. Not everyone is endowed with the luxury of a smooth-sailing life where your needs will be met in the blink of an eye. Even then, you miss out on the critical adventures which are necessary for growth.
My point is, have you ever exploited your pain, miseries, failures, embarrassments and rejections for a noble cause? Don't look perplexed, if that's what you are. Some extraordinary jewels who have been authored have performed this uphill task! Such important people have penned down all the crucial lessons learnt. The elixir of wisdom & intellect drunk after getting badly bruised by cruel hardships, all alone. Just to ensure that nobody else should face all the envy, hostility, scorn, estrangement by leafing through a certain someone's journey of extraordinary trials and tribulations. And it earned them tons of love, warmth, acceptance, encouragement and positivity desperately emerging out of dormant volcano(hearts) like a hot magma and lava for a prosperous and benevolent society.
But without the adversities, we wouldn't be here today. Blessed with the pot-pourri of bitter-sweet life that challenges our patience and will-power at every step.
If there are people who use their pain in such a beautiful manner to express the pure essence of life to eradicate the darkness from distressed lives, they ought to be called well-educated. The presence of empathy, care, respecting a person's journey, caring, supporting a good cause, not judging someone by their face, overheard stories about them, caste, creed, color, qualifications is known as education.
People who had to travel through the dark tunnels of life in a rut know what defeat is like and how is it being looked at scornfully and abandoned to suffer at crossroads.
God forbid, have you ever seen days where you almost gave up and wanted to die, but regained strength and assured yourself to never let this brilliance die a death of anynomity or disgrace ? If you motivated yourself to leave a mark, leave a legacy of a blossoming world behind where you would be engraved as the proud contributor for your nobility, that's how you dream of transcending your existence to the universe for the glorious sleep of ultimate peace and contentment. That's how you elevate your stature and quality of life. I chose my words wisely enough to not call it a death instead addressed it as 'transcending your existence to the universe...'
Next time, before throwing weight around about your so-called achievements, credentials or even financial stature, look within and ask yourself the aforementioned questions and you'll know if you're good enough...oops 'Educated enough' *wink*
Let us spread smiles, literacy, love, care,
respect, peace and harmony as our world needs and deserves more of these essentials than anything superficial. Education is an integral part of our life that shapes our Personality and future alike.
Therefore, " it's really a matter of pride to be well-versed and educated. However it is a matter of prestige to use your knowledge and skills for accelerating and raising the intellectual, spiritual and emotional status of our society."
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