Building a Great Nation starts at Home
Every human being begins their journey of accumulating knowledge and way of life at home. When we show someone that this is my “House”, we are talking about the physical aspect of it but when we say “Welcome to my Home”, we are telling them that this is the place where I live with my family or myself. All of the cultures and traditions across all the regions on the planet consider home as the temple of knowledge and wisdom. A kid starts absorbing behavior(s) and cultivates qualities to live and grow in a community by watching how his family members behave and communicate within themselves, their neighbors, their friends, their colleagues and strangers. Whatever the people around the kid reflect in their actions is what becomes the root of the kid’s character and qualities. If we show kindness towards everyone around us, the kid grows up as a kind human. If we show caring towards others, the kid accumulates this quality. If we show hate, anger towards our family members or people around us, the kid accumulates the same hate and anger towards others and eventually all through their life. Kids learn everything by watching us every moment in every thing we do at home.
If we care a lot about materialistic things and spend dedicated time shopping non essential and not necessary things, we should expect the kid to be asking and demanding similar interest in buying things as they grow up as that is what they see. The value of using something until it is no longer working or became useless is an essential habit and also has an impact on the sustainability of the environment around us. We strive to put our kids in great institutions, universities and schools to gain knowledge, socialization and learn subjects required to survive, live and make a living for themselves for the future. But, the most critical knowledge that they need to learn by their own which can be taught at home is compassion and empathy. Using the knowledge we learn to help others and care for others is the greatest degree every human being should strive for. We all meditate to have peace in our lives, participate in community serving activities, create organizations to help and do service to the ones in need which is extremely important to motivate others around us and feel good for ourselves. All of these various means lead to compassion and empathy.
Being compassionate and empathetic towards others and life around us is what makes a human a great class member, a great colleague, a great team mate, a great brother, a great sister, a great son, a great daughter, a great cousin, a great neighbor, a great stranger, a great relative, a great teacher, a great student, a great father, a great mother, a great partner, a great friend, a great leader and a great human! And when every home reflects compassion and empathy, every member in the family becomes great and that is how a community, a society, a neighborhood, a town, a city, a state, a capital, a country, a nation, an environment and a planet becomes great by being compassionate and empathetic.
Being human is to be kind to others, help others and use this short life to make others around us happy. And that has to start at home to begin with. The whole essence of education is to be humble and kind. If knowledge is only consumed for earning money and getting recognition, it hasn’t been learned to it’s full potential. Great nations emerge from communities, neighborhoods, which is people who are compassionate and empathetic to each other at home and the environment around them. So, each member in every home has the responsibility to learn to be compassionate and empathetic towards each other and show that in actions every day as that is what the future generations will learn from us and strive towards building a nation that cares for each other. When that happens, every life around us blossoms and boundaries are broken across communities and every human see themselves in the other around. We will no longer hurt our family members and people around us as we see ourselves in them and we spread love and kindness which is the ultimate goal of any human!!!
Thank you.
