Self-Respect- An Illusion

My first job, my first exposure into the real world and I’m frustrated already. Guess I’m not alone here. Actually I think everyone who starts out gets frustrated. And I believe this frustration is what will drive us to be better and do better. But then, how come everything is still the same. How come change is still so far away?

I grew up, with my parents always fighting, studied in a school where people loved spreading rumors about good looking girls, where teachers arranged classes for parents with “difficult to handle girls”. I lived in a society where neighbors complained to the girl’s parents about her, when they saw some passer-by guys teasing the girl. I studied in a college where guys expected girls to flirt with them if they wanted to, guys who sent obscene texts to girls by whom they felt threatened, with a principal who advised to act like the guys expect because they were “dangerous”. At every step of my life I have faced people, I wish I could say different kinds of people, but no, I've seen people who are all of the same kind, cowards (of course with the exception of very few).

Cowards who are afraid of people who are better, cowards who are afraid to handle who they are, cowards who are afraid to talk straight face to face, and cowards with power, who are afraid to use it for right!

I was still optimistic. I thought corporate life would be different. I just forgot these same people go there too. I have been with this company for a year now and all I have seen is laziness, lies, inefficiency and disinterest. And the worst part, people in power, who do not want to see all this.

Everyone is so happy and content with mediocrity and people even dare to justify by saying perfection is not real. These are the ones that are afraid to fight for perfection. Cowards, again!

If we don’t have the courage to fight, if we begin to hide behind mediocrity for safety, if we accustom ourselves to be content and force ourselves to forget the frustration we had, if we decide to change ourselves, to become a part of the “society”, rather than bringing the much needed change to the society, then when will we see betterment? When will we see real contentment and happiness, when will we smell success?

Until all this happens, self-respect will only be an illusion.