What ails our country? It has all the
natural resources, man power, cultural values and ethos, yet it has poverty,
illiteracy and poor socio economic development. One reason that comes across is
that “everyone in our country knows what to do but not able turn ideas into
actions”.
Acting decisively is not a simple task. Situations arise every second, where one ends
up taking right/wrong decisions. The
difficulty level of making a decision increases with the number of variables
that have to be factored in, apart from the limitations in knowledge and
information. The individual who has to
take the decision is indeed operating in an unenviable situation. One does take wrong decision at times and
learn from it. In fact, very often, learning how to do a job comes only ‘hands
on’. To err is indeed human.
In a perfectly understanding environment,
persons will not hesitate to make decisions and act on it. The increased levels
of transparency and activism in various levels, however, have posed challenges to
the decision maker. It is definitely a
major factor that weighs in the thoughts and action of the decision maker and
unfortunately leads to a status quo approach.
After all, how does one differentiate between genuine errors of judgment
from the deliberate/corrupt ones? Hence
‘somehow ideas are not implemented’. The
vacuum created unfortunately allows corruption to grow.
In such a scenario, turning ideas into
action requires persons with integrity.
What is integrity? An old Tamil phrase comes to my mind for defining a
person with integrity. When roughly
translated, it says a person with integrity has erect posture/gait, straight
vision, fearless principled living… Such values make an individual strong and
competent.
One such
individual was the father of our nation. His autobiography “My experiments with
truth” illustrates living with integrity.
It shows that the character of an individual is built not only by the
sturdy bricks provided to him/her by birth but also by the brittle ones picked
up on experience. It is mostly these brittle
ones which define the “make or break” of an individual’s integrity.
Every child is born equal but only some are
able to become Mahatma. To maintain
integrity, one has to have a clear mind/thought process. Such a quality can be obtained by training
our mind. Momentary clarities in thought
have to be converted into consistent ones.
Such consistency will enable one to act without fear. Such acts will enable our country to weed out
corruption and bring improvement in all spheres of life. The first battle against corruption is the
one within.
Wonderful! :-)
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