Today the internet has become a part of our life, so much so that we now have a mental condition wherein the patients suffers from a disorder that arises out of not being able to access the internet. People find it difficult to handle the situation where they cannot access Google to search for something that came across their mind. This may be an extreme condition, but it is quite normal to use internet for day to day life, for staying connected and staying enlightened.
None of these can be termed as selfless acts even if these are not selfish but we seldom put back to the web as much as we seem to have taken from it.
I am inspired by the story I read recently about spreading the good word. It started when young Melissa Morris-Ivone encountered a polite gesture from a fellow human being; a gesture that used to be normal in the good old times. We now live in a world of cut throat competition and this madness has taken us so far away from our forefathers.
Perhaps this justifies why a simple act of kindness and politeness made such a big impact and she decided to use the internet to spread the good word. She came up with the idea of starting OperationNice(dot)com, where people can contribute any act of kindness that they have been part of. In a world where selfishness and cruelty are part of daily life we definitely need more of such good vibes.
This story took me back to a car bumper sticker which read "do a random act of kindness today," which was popular in the last millennium. We know for sure that on many occasions this turned out to be a contagious act.
If every one of us does a random act of kindness as part of our daily life we could actually make a big difference to this world. Bumper sticker brings to my mind the driving ethics of the motorists here in Dubai. It hurts me to observe how so many people fail to look or think beyond their very own self. They shamelessly use the bus drop off or a parallel internal road to cut the queue and go before you without any remorse and totally ignoring the sentiments of us who have been waiting patiently for our turn.
We may think that next time we will do the same but our conscience does not allow that, neither can we stop others from doing that.
I propose, we not start a campaign the Gandhi way and try to change them? could we not do some thing like a "random act of kindness" so that they too feel pity about themselves as we do for them for lacking basic humane qualities!! This is just an idea......
