Often we
see people that are rushing and unmindful of their surroundings, even I am
guilty of such thing. We can’t blame them since they need to go their
respective jobs and earn for themselves, family, relatives and the like. Though
if you think about it, with each passing day they are becoming slaves of the
jobs they have. Sure practicality must be one of the priorities but, is money
or wealth really everything? Should it be the center of attention always that we
become very unmindful of the little and big actions we do? With the kind of
world that people are living in today majority would say yes to the
aforementioned questions. Though the minority is usually, if not always,
present in situations like these and they will beg to differ.
Every time
individuals are in a school, university, talks, or seminars they are usually
reminded that they should get a job that has a high pay (salary) and you (the
individual) like as well. Even parents would say to their children “Son go work
abroad and you will surely find your fortune there.” The society already dictates
on what course of action what an individual should take and it is pretty hard
for them not to follow what the majority does. Even if they try to object the
many, at least two would be standing in their way saying “No, what are you
doing? Go back and go with them, this is also for your own good.” Now one has
to ask “Is it really for my own good or am I just looking what is in front of
me and not what is ahead of me?” There are still several reasons for
individuals to say “no” and go against the majority.
First is
that it can strengthen the principles that you live by. Often we hear stories
that they did such action because it is what the majority did and what the
majority believes in. Well if individuals are always going to bend what most would
say then they are not living their lives properly instead the majority is
controlling your lives and the majority is even living the very lives of the
individuals. Second saying no to the majority will probably ignite the thoughts
of others and make them question of what they’re (the majority) doing is right
and most likely it is not. For example, it is true that a big percentage would
want to be owners rather than be workers and live a more comfortable and
luxurious life. Though why not work for the benefit of others instead of
yourself only? Now the consequence of going against the many appears and that
is sacrifice or self-sacrifice. Sacrifice is still present on the other side
but when an individual chooses to be the one in the million, and then surely
greater sacrifices and self-sacrifices will come his way. One concrete example
of such is exposing the illegal transactions or corruption in general, that is
happening in your workplace. The individual risks losing his job and even the
risk of exposing his personal information. Aside from that having no steady
income would entail multiple risks and problems may it be personal, financial or
both.
At the
end of the day money still seems to prove its worth and “power” over
individuals though it is not everything. There are still a lot of more
prominent and dominant “things” that are present, one of which is choice. If the
choice requires an individual to go against the many do not be too afraid to do
so but always remember to evaluate the choice that you are about to make. Think
first of the consequences it entails and the benefits that the choice has/have.
Remember that there is something that is more powerful than the other and one
of them is choice.
