Why Can’t we enjoy?

We’re here for a short while. So why not do good to others.

While human craving to make life more comfortable by way of scientific inventions and discoveries is in sync with our instincts to realise the real evolutionary potential in nature, still, there are many things which have become anachronistic with the passage of time and ought to cease to exist at the earliest possible.

Different cultures, languages, religions, mores, rituals and societies developed in isolation with each other in different geographical locations.

People lived separately from each other in different parts of the world without knowing that there exist other societies similar to them, as we exist in this universe in the sublime belief that we might be the only living planet in the cosmos. Because of this segregated development of different human communities, we developed different languages to communicate with each other, different religions and cultures to regulate our social life and different states to promise a safe and secure life. May be that is how destiny willed it.

Variety adds colour to our life and makes it more interesting. But how can we justify the insular feelings stemming from these parochial creations? Today, we may not be interested in jingoistic patriotism or linguistic chauvinism, but we are swayed by the politics informing these notions. Why can’t we just enjoy life as human beings without being encumbered by the restrictions or the simulated notions of communalism or nationalism? Why can’t we decide to live anywhere, go anywhere and do anything as long as we don’t impinge or hurt the sovereignty of another? This is more so when we know only too well that our life on earth is transitory and ephemeral.

We should never forget the eternal truth that human existence is ephemeral and transient. All the worldly possessions, we keep fighting about are finally left behind in this mortal world only. The only thing that survives us and lives forever is our good deeds. What matters most in life is not what we do for ourselves, but what we do for others. By doing good to others, we do good to ourselves. We remember great men because of what they have done for others and for society and not for what they did for themselves and their families.