Doing the right thing

"I have come to the crossroads in my life, ..and I always knew the right path, but I never took it, Why? Cause it was too damn hard..."
-Colonel Slade(Scent Of a Woman(1992))

Isnt that so true for so many of us. Anything that is right, but is uncomfortable is never done. we have some how lost our sense of right and wrong in a world where everything is done to play it safe. An office stamps on a little guy, we call it bureaucracy bitch about it a little, and then continue to roll in the mud we fell in. some just get out of it, and walk away to let others fall in.

Who has the guts to stand up and question it? Maybe they would if they didnt stand to lose. We fear a backlash. It would displease the people in question and they would make life difficult for us. People who are that worried deserve no better.

If we ever feel that we are being wronged, we must by all means ask, for if we never ask, we will never know. and then find a solution for that, instead of throwing up your hands and saying, thats how the system is. why is it that when ever it is a matter of asking a superior for what is rightfully yours to know, we shy away. we look fr 1000 reasons not to ask, and just say leave it.

Large scale examples? Iraq war, the UN did nothing. small scale? The office charges you with unaccountable fees, we dont say a word.

i clearly remember a time when we were charged soemthing called "breakage" fees, not one person asked to know what it was that was broken. was it so difficult? its not right charging it, we know that, but then who wants to have issues with the office?

Despite this trend being so popular with todays youth, we expect a change in our nation. i dont think that will ever come, the idea of taking the right path probably didnt come with Gandhi, but it sure as hell died with him. Because we dont have the guts, we dont have the courage to say- "I know i am right, and i am willing to face the consequences" . thats what beats the system, and to know that u did the right thing despite what people might say, it feels too damn good.