While talking to relatives, we often feel that the love and affection in the relations are quite superficial, but we decide to continue. While going to offices, we often feel that the performance appraisal is not fair and that honest and competent people are not being given their due share, but we decide to continue. While living in society, we feel that many beliefs and dos and don'ts do not have their genesis in scientific thought, but we decide to continue. Why?
Any intelligent person will be able to notice. Then we do so; many intelligent people continue to live with the systems that lack integrity. Why would we not say "no" to the relationships that lack integrity? Because we are insecure and feel that some of these relationships may be helpful in moments of crisis. We just want to keep them to be safe and, in the process, keep getting irritated due to a vulgar demonstration of love while there is none beneath the surface. Why would we not say "no" to offices that are spoiled and where the entire ecosystem is filthy due to unfairness? Because somehow we do not have trust in ourselves in the fairness of the people around and we feel that if we leave the job, survival may be a challenge. Why would we not say "no" to society that imposes belief systems and dos and don'ts on us that lack any scientific basis? Because we feel vulnerable living alone.
That means due to our fears and insecurities, we live with something that we resist every day. But the same applies to almost everybody. If the whole of the world is fair, societies promote scientific temperament, relationships are full of integrity, and organisations promote competence, why would there be fear and insecurity in the minds of people? Probably, we do not understand the hidden cost of making these compromises.
There is an instant cost of taking a stand against unfairness. If you leave the job, you will not get the salary the very next month. If you leave society, nobody will stand with you. If you leave relationships, nobody is going to stand with you in the bad moments. Agreed. But have we ever examined the cost of putting up with unfairness over time? It makes our soul weak. A weak soul becomes more fearful, and our dependence on unfairness systems increases. We also start manipulating, and the more we manipulate, the weaker we become from inside. It's like eating a health supplement every day because of bad immunity; the supplement actually harms natural immunity, and with every passing day, we become more and more dependent on it. At some stage, we have to break the cycle and stand up against unfairness and lack of integrity. A life full of compromises is actually a bad life. We may manage comforts and safety, but that's at the cost of creative energy, which actually brings fulfilment and joy. Maybe Somebody is waiting for a thousand years for us to stand up with courage. Somehow the lyrics of this song seem very reassuring.
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