It’s been a while, NOT even a while when I re-think about my last post ….It’s been more than 6 months 🙂
It’s a lazy Sunday. Sun is at its peak with bright sunshine knocking on my windows pane and my curtains doing a twirl to point their presence, looking at me with pride & asking me to remember when I did hard bargain to buy them.. As I take a sneak peek through the curtains it’s a good visual of the park right in front and me sitting in the comfort of AC with India playing a Test Match which is looking promising for another win & I have nothing else bothering me, the day couldn’t get better…
But in amidst of all this, a thought has been swirling in my mind which in a way is both tantalizing & audaciously asking questions on the way, You and I give a blind eye to the garbage and in most cases Add on by throwing very efficiently while driving and shrug away our duty as citizens of the country by saying – If I don’t throw anything on the road will anything change? & it’s going to be remain like this all the time, nothing can be improved… such hypocrites we are!!!
I am calling today’s post as – Post without a Title… Not because I don’t have a title but because we all somewhere are active protagonist leading to the inception of this post. And somewhere we all need to decide it ourselves!!
Now the eminent question remains – What can one individual do? What if I don’t throw garbage outside while driving? What difference can it make? Others are still doing it…Right!!! Let me break this and share how I see and envision one small change by an Individual can result in slow but sure progress in right directions.
Let me start by an eloquent statement – Be the change you want to see in the world!!
I firmly believe that every small action that we take has an impact that can influence people around us in a good way.
The recipient can very well be our family, friends, colleagues and strangers that we even don’t know.
Let’s take a walk-through of our homes. To keep our home clean, we have a designated place to dispose garbage and we all follow more or less same process –
- Maids are responsible for the overall cleanliness of our homes.
- Our family then ensures that we don’t throw the garbage here and there, but where it is suppose to be i.e. Dustbins.
- If someone is feeling lazy they keep it close by and then dispose in the dustbins later.
- More or less we tag along the same process. There can be some misses here and there but eventually we ensure that we keep our homes clean.
- And then Maid comes the next day and we repeat the same process.
Now lets MAP the above stated steps to What we NORMALLY DO on Roads while driving/walking/running etc…
- Road cleaners are responsible for the overall cleanliness of the roads
- We as citizens are the family members who are NOT suppose to throw the garbage here and there, but where they are suppose to be i.e. Dustbins.
- Now we are always feeling either – “LAZY, Not Concerned, None of my Business, Why should I dispose the garbage in Dustbins, & the BEST ONE – There are NO Dustbins on the Road or Near by” .
- So what do we do – Throw the Waste any place deem fit. The Road cleaner will clean this. Its his JOB!! & NONE of my business.
- We reach back home or our destination & Repeat the same process again and again and again!!!
It’s not a rocket science to make it a point NOT to THROW anything on the Road.
We should use the Dustbins on the road side if nearby. If not, we can always keep the wrappers of chewing gum/chocolates etc.. in our pockets and throw them ONLY when we find a dustbin.
In case we have food waste that can’t be kept in the pocket, we can always carry a bag to collect the waste and throw them when near a dustbin.
I do this as all other essential part of my day-to-day life and believe me its NOT difficult at all. Its just getting yourself acquainted with a Habit!! Cribbing/Ignoring/Yelling will not be a solution.
If you start following and make it a habit of your daily life, you can Stop/Influence others around you. I for sure never encourage anyone and not let others throw waste on roads. We don’t need to fight but educating others can always be a choice.
We all are responsible for what we want our COUNTRY to be!!
Next Time before cribbing about the waste lying on the road –
Think Are you also responsible for that Waste on the Road??
Kunal Contemplation's 