- lack of awareness,
-do things which only convenient them the most
-does not care what's happening in the surrounding with that ever growing 'TAK APA' behavior.
or better yet if I put it in this way, nihilism. The total rejection of religious and moral beliefs, very thought of life as a meaningless ordeal and it has nothing to be proud of. If they don't cherish their own life, would they care about their surroundings, or even to take the challenge to make the world a better place?
That is a rotten and unhealthy ideology that should be vanquished at all cost!
Ok, coming back to the central idea of my post today.
In recent decades there are frequent drastic and extreme climatic changes. Yes, I'm well addressed that there are climatic changes and global warming even in Ice Age! but the frequency of recent storms and unpredicted weather behaviour is exceeding the normal data as recorded ages ago.
Picture showing snow at the four peaks of Mazatzal, which is a DESERT!http://www.tianchad.com/2009/03/hailstorm-in-malaysia-today.html
this is a blog showing the hailstorm in MALAYSIA! yes you see it right, in Malaysia, which is a highly unusual sight to be seen, although hailstorm in other countries is has bigger impact than it has on here, because of the size of the ice.
Well, most of us would just shrug it off saying its just one of the common cycle in mother nature's calender, why? Because it would be the most convenient and logical solution to these inexplicable phenomena!
That is why we should stand up, do something out of the norm that leads to contribution not only to ourselves, but to others, societies, and in a larger scale, the world! And the precise term for this action is to have our own human revolution..
My quiet little human revolution [Which i hope it can somehow spark some thoughts and give some little inspiration to readers!!] :
i) My hope for now, is to have my skool to ban the usage of plastic cutlery in canteen!
Seriously it is a sore to my eyes to have to see the rubbish bin full of non-recyclable, non-reusable items such as plastics and plastics spoons where all this could have been avoided if we care to use metal spoons and cups instead of all those non-reusable items.
What I did towards this realization is to start with my own, that is to use metal spoons whenever im having meal there and try to tell others to follow my way, so to reduce the garbage formed.
ii)To use tupperwares, tiffin carriers instead of plastics and polysterene.
For this, i have to express my deepest salutation to a middle age woman in malaysia. [sry i don really noe the biography of this lady as i heard her achievement through my friend.]
She boycotted products that are packaged in plastics and try to minimize the usage of plastic in every single aspect of her life. As she quoted :'We live through the years without plastic, so, why not?'
in other words, WE WON'T DIE DUE TO DEFICIENCY IN PLASTICS!
its just a matter of convenience.
ok, to list down what i've done and what i hope to be done will make this post to have words of avogrado constant [lol?]. So, to sum up everything, I hope that everyone of us will take up the challenge and step out the 1st step.
You might be thinking 'oh, what contribution can I made, im so small, powerless, and im just alone, what possible effect could i bring towards the world'.
IT IS tempting to feel powerless when we face such gigantic issue, but we are the one responsible to do something towards it, so, instead of backing out, we should uphold the challenge with great enthusiasm and courage!
Yes, I'm well accustomed that its not easy to step out of our comfort zone and do something that is totally new and might even be criticized by the norms, but, our miniature efforts if accumulated and widespread, the power of unity would be unimaginable.
Let's not be disempowered and overwhelmed by the complexity or the seemingly hopeless crises that arouses, instead, let's think ahead, make appropriate and correct ways to help contribute towards the world!
As what President Ikeda[A poet, philosopher, author, founder of SGI and a world reputable and renowned man] quoted : 'A great human revolution in just a SINGLE INDIVIDUAL will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.'
So, start doing something today!!
-Switching off lights when its unnecessary, avoid the usage of electrical appliances that consumes a lot of energy [air cond, you can always take of ur shirt if u feel hot! lol]
- support local products instead of imported products as they are shipped through a long journey[which consumes A LOT OF energy] before reaching our hands.
-support vegetable, reduce the consumption of meat [especially cows! because it takes a lot of energy to rear a cow than to plant a carrot!]
-try to recycle, do everything appropriate towards the restoration of this world's optimum health =D
Here are a few quotes that i find quite encouraging and meaningful :
Wangari Maathai [Earth Charter commissioner and nobel peace prize laureate] :'It's very, very important for us to take action AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. Because someimtes when we think of global problems, we get disempowered. But when we take actions and local level, we are empowered.'
Eleanor Roosevelt :'You must do the thing you think you cannot do.'
yeah.. and so, there's one more from Maathai which i partially remember, its sumthing like this :'Imagine there are thousands, or millions of people out there doing the same thing, the power is unimaginable..'
And im referring this quote to both destruction and restoration, please ponder, and spread the words!! thanks.
