Salam Aleik.
Today's world, particularly the one I'm living in, and the way I see it, is a bit socially impaired. Not because of the vast expansion of technology engulfing real life communication. No. It's more of what our visions in life, rarely do we think as a social group, instead of an individual. We work hard, for our own benefit. Our vision is only up to there.
For example, where I study, the residential college provides us with a recreational room / lounging area / whatever it's called. It's the largest room with curved window wall, a thick classic television, and some one-seater sofas, and some tables-- a nice place to sit and have a chat. After a few weeks, I found the door to that room locked, with a sign on it "This door will be locked again if students are found smoking, taking away the chairs, or hanging clothes in the room." So apparently people carry the chairs to their room, and now the room is empty, with only clothes hanging over the windows and sofa frames. The room died.
It's saddening, to see these type of people, in universities especially, where you'd imagine a place for intellects. We do things, for our own sake, very seldom for the benefit of the crowd-- never, if we're not part of the crowd. Cross that, it's frustrating. These are the people who are supposedly to lead the generation. Who are we to lead, if when we walk we leave trails of garbage (literally), not greatness? How are we expected to move forward and rise, when THIS is happening around us?
Leaders can only do so much, to change one's heart and mentality, it has to be consensual. You can't jam an idea to someone's head and make them agree to it, lest you have a gun pointed to them (don't). Today we see a lot of individualism in our community, but seeing as many schools and universities imprinting clones as our future leaders, there's nothing left.
So go around, and if you spot someone with great potential, don't stand in their way, don't laugh at their stupid ideas, push them to greatness, drag them to success. They need that push, and the world needs people like them.
"if not us, then who?"
"if only us, then, who?"
To achieve success alone is simple, to plant success into people, that is a win.
-Hafidz Iddin
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