~ From a mother’s diary- “Social responsibility matters”

How many of you reading this blog today actually agree with me, with my topic? Social responsibility does matter to an individual level. Let me be precise what I meant when I said this.  As a consumer of this society, all our decisions and emotions are driven by our personal beliefs. We live in this global society where everything is integrated and interconnected, from the cell of our body to the whole collective HUMAN self. Starting from the birth till our death, we hold onto our planet for our every little act. We inherited a mutual responsibility to take care of it, knowingly or unknowingly. Our actions therefore must not remain on the sidelines, we must facilitate our collective human survival.

 I was awfully intrigued by the best Citizenship Award contest form, my oldest (third grader) brought home from school, to fill us, last month. This elementary school was trying to instill outstanding characters, as good citizens should have, among these students by setting up such extracurricular. This act actually inspired me to write something about this post. I care for all those creatures who share this planet with me, and my commitment to spread the awareness of its conservation remains high-spirited. I must say I am impressed how the public-school system in America is implanting to these little minds, to be socially responsive.

Let me start with this. You have every power of how you choose to live your life and how you want to leave your footprints behind. Life little lesson can be learnt from anyone, at any time. I must confess my four years old whom I live with, constantly reminds me to throw recyclables kitchen’s trashes in recycle garbage bin, so the trash ultimately gets recycled at the end. Little efforts like that, water consumption, saving paper waste, reducing energy-switching off lights when you don’t need it, like those can bring a big difference around, in a long run. Close to our hearts, we know someone, somewhere is living today under the roof, or the electricity or the food or the nice clothes.  How cool it would be that you could shine their nights with the resources and supplies that you could conserve. Caring for our planet is our moral duty.  Afterall, government can’t be liable for all of our actions. We must share the fare.

I am firm believer that we all serve a purpose to live in our lives. Our destiny is unknown but what is known and certain is that we have every privilege to make the most of it. Our mind is the most beautiful thing, we are adaptable to any situation. Behaviors can be changed accordingly and make it to an environmentally-friendly in no time.  My daddy used to say, “there is a fine distinction between wisdom and education.” Let our wisdom guide the education and resources we live with today. We live with a fallacy that more fortune simply represents more meaningful. The fact, it isn’t. Let’s face it. Natural resources are getting depleted every day. Time has come that we respect the nature and its scare resources. This cause will assume greater prominence than it appears today. Our nature conserving actions needs a sense of urgency to create a safe, beautiful tomorrow. The small decisions we make every day, can create a positive reflection of our values, our beliefs and our ourselves. Let's assure our children that getting people to care about the environment is not a struggle. Being eco-friendly is not being unrealistic. It is our duty. Protecting our planet is the best legacy we can leave behind for our children.

“Personally, I do not believe the human mind has any limits but those we impose ourselves.” - Louis L’Amour