Well, what do we have time for? Work, more work. Yes, we all have endless loads of work. Why are we enduring this pain of working extra hours, having to struggle, literally to give time to anything else in life?
Of course its for our families. And to do this work, we also endure the painful traffic snarls, burning lots of fuel( and our pocket) all along. Very fine. We need to do what ever is needed, to keep our families happy and going.
But surprisingly,while we spend hours, inside the car, in a traffic jam, cursing the system every day of our life, we DON'T have time to spend an hour from 168 hours in a week, to change the status quo.
So much so, that we don't even take time out to register ourselves as voters, at least to vote for a good candidate, who can work for us for 5 years. Can't we do atleast this much?
If this is not the case, then its not our priority. Now why we should take the pain of volunteering for any social cause. Some one will take care of it. Let me first take care of my family. Yes, but what if our family itself is in danger. Won't we act? Of course we will. And that's what we should be doing now, because our families are in danger.
Our children, for whom we live, are in deep trouble. Starting from the road side criminal elements(look at the ruthless assaults), to the poisonous chemical laced food( due to faulty policy making)locally and currently, to the global issues like not even having clean water to drink and cleaner air to breathe in future. If we think that our responsibility ends with putting them in good schools, then we are doing some monumental mistake. We should also give them a safe environment, a healthy one. That is also our responsibility. Lets volunteer some time, to at least make our locality a safer place for our kids.
Participate in governance, help those who are trying. Make your move, Be the Change you are seeking.
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