The lesson of life

I still remember those days when I was in the upper primary in schools. Our class teacher taught us many important lessons that were not restricted to the courses of studies. One sentence he used to utter always echoes in my mind even today. He used to tell- "Schools and colleges give you only certificate and degrees. But the really knowledge that you get is in the practical field of life. So always remember that the world is the greatest school and the life is the greatest teacher" I am going to narrate an incident that is related to the theme.

One morning I was sitting in the balcony of my house after the routine morning work. A lot of people were on the move in the street. Elderly people who had overeaten during their youth were trying their utmost to get rid of the fat they had accumulated. Those who dig well everyday were desperate in finding avenues to get some income for the day to maintain the family. I noticed that a stone neither very small nor very big in size was lying at the center of the road. Careful people were trying to avoid it and make their way with an indifferent attitude. Some sensible gentlemen(?) who usually move in groups were very much happy to find a topic of discussion. They started cursing people who were responsible for the matter. They further commented that when no one was bothered to remove the stone from the road as it could give rise to traffic hazard. Probably they forgot that they could have easily removed the stone to a safer place. A young boy who was on morning walk with some of his friends hurt himself when he was hit, as he did not notice the stone. He called names to some unknown people for the incident. But it was a pity that the stone was still lying on the road.

Suddenly I remembered my teacher's words and went down to remove the stone. While coming back I was thinking is not the path of our democracy full of a number of such stones that endanger the life of individual , society and the country? Are we conscious to think of removing such stones even in dreams?

We think that our responsibility ends with the casting of a vote in the election once in 5 years or even earlier as per the demand of the situation. We should not forget that only conscious citizens make a democracy successful.Life has a lot of lessons to teach us if we are keen on learning.