I really like to be neutral but I
do feel that option is not available. In fact, neutrality is a self-deception,
if it is not an intentional lie (Silence is not neutrality). The only thing that can be neutral is nature. Humans is not neutral even if they claim so... As it is a short
comment on neutrality, so I try to exclude my wordings and include as much as I
can of others words (It might not be a good practice to compliment my opinion with theirs but somehow, I thought it suits here)
"There is no such thing as
problem. It is situation"... I heard it is a Jamaican proverb (I am not sure as the wordings do not match?)..So, what if the situation that we are in, is much bigger than us, tied to
millions of people, as are in political situations? What should be our
response, as it is not the situations but our responses to them that define us?
At least, neutrality is not an option. One of my favorite Pakistani drama
artist, Sania Saeed - She has a well rounded, graceful personality and acts naturally- says, "Cars don't run on neutral gears (unless, you push
or pull them - that is definitely not a good option-).. every acts are
political even if one chooses to be neutral" ...
So what if the situation is
bigger than a single person's capabilities? So far, I have seen two suggestions
that I have liked; It is an opportunity to change ones' situation - "When
we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change
ourselves"....Viktor E. Frankl - ....(We normally do not go for very bold
and basic changes unless we do not run out of all others options)... Do not
react hastily (From my personal experience, I can say that reactionary acts mostly backfire) ...
Well, as we do not have any scale
for timing of response that distinguishes sanity from insanity, I like an
alternative suggestion by Omar Khayam's (Famous Persian Poet) teacher to him,
"For a boy to become man, he has to do three things, see things, write well
and do not tell lie"... Seeing things help only for partial understanding
of situations and to get more clearly, one needs to think and I don't see any
better way for an organized thinking than writing...
And last do not worry
(Just to calm down nerves)... The world is not going to end (Even, if it is ending for someone, others still have ways to make it a good one.. A charming example is "Internet users shower dying man with letters" )..... George Soros says, "The worse a situation becomes the less it takes
to turn it around, the bigger the upside."... I agree with that..
Just one thing more, the situations that we are in are mostly caused by us and even if the nature has a role in it, it stays neutral. So it is upon us to not be neutral... "The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.".... Karl Sagan
Just one thing more, the situations that we are in are mostly caused by us and even if the nature has a role in it, it stays neutral. So it is upon us to not be neutral... "The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.".... Karl Sagan
So, in short, I think, situations are not natural and we can't be neutral, reactions are bad options are we have not to act alone and just for ourselves as we are tied together either we like it or not...
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