By Aung Kyaw Thant
RECENTLY, I read a story on social media, that mentioned a good idea to review the nature of human life in the secular world. Let me retell it to all readers.
Retelling the story
Once upon a time, there was a king who wanted to know the histories of humans all over the world. So, the king ordered his royal counsellors to compile these kinds of histories. A few days later, a bullock cart-load of compiled leather sheets arrived in front of the royal palace. As it was no time to invent paper to be used for daily routine, all the inscriptions were compiled on leather sheets.
So, the king was surprised and asked his royal counsellors about the root cause. Royal counsellors supplicated that these were the leathers on which the histories of humans were compiled. They had collected these sheets compiled by some scholars for three years to the royal palace, he added.
Hence, the king gave an order to summarize the histories because he did not have enough spare time for reading all. But the royal counsellor made ready for doing something. He brought a separate leather sheet and gave it to the king.
The king asked him again what it was. The royal counsellor supplicated that such a leather sheet brought the summarized human history from all parts of the world. How unbelievable it was! Could a leather sheet bring human history? Yes, it was. The leather sheet bore two sentences only, mentioning that they were given birth, and they died. That was life. It was a summary of human history.
A short period of human life
The preamble of human history starts with giving birth and ends with death. No one has been avoiding it up to now. On the other hand, it is a Universal truth. The period between giving birth and death is very short. All events of humans happen within 100 years. In fact, the life expectancy of a human is gradually declining year after year. Some countries have a large number of more than 90 years old people. So, when they count the average life for the countries, their life expectancy stands at more than 70 years for the people. If they do not have older persons above 90s, their life expectancy will decline.
During such a short period of life, all humans focus on committing exploitation, monopolization, dominance, occupation and interference over others on a daily basis. Most humans are committing malpractices, misdeeds and inappropriate acts and making trouble for others for their survival. They pave their way to the future with the life, limbs and blood of others. They all seem their behaviours and acts would be true and these would be the best ways for life.
Need to notice all events in the society
Actually, these behaviours and acts are deceiving their minds to commit misdeeds over others. On one hand, these behaviours and acts motivate a situation to do some inappropriate acts against others with a view to causing a great disserve to others. When one does wrongdoing for a long time, one seems such an act would be true. As such, all the humans who do some acts many times for a long time seem it would be good acts and would be appropriate. Even if they do not have to commit something they do not invest consideration and critical thinking, they may seem their acts might be the best. Hence, all human beings need to avoid the wrong ways which would be basic to derail from the correct path.
In human history, all humans would do many things till their dying days. But these acts should be beneficial for all. Their acts should not harm others. They should not make trouble for any other. They should stand on the right track, marching toward the goal of life. They should not utilize others as a stepping stone to get a good result.
In human history, many events proved most of the persons cruelly utilized and exploited others to have the better result in their interests without sympathy and empathy. Some persons commit the acts of taking strengths from others to apply them in their works, identified as one kind of exploitation. Most of the powerful countries exercise bullying over other small countries, seeming that all the acts they do are always fair. Such a nature can be seen among the people of the society. They seem they themselves are saviours in all measures. It may be (maybe) true sometimes but generally, their acts are extremely away from the correct path. Their acts can be dubbed as posing pressure and tension to sufferers.
Do you agree to renew human history?
Human histories in successive eras have been bringing wars, conflicts and disputes in a distinct manner. Global people whether they agreed or disagreed solved these problems with the lives of humans. They rewrote the histories again and again with the bloody wars and weeping people. Whatever it may be, all the problems for humans ended at death. Those humans were given birth to serve the world with their lives. Many wars, conflicts and disputes will come out one after another in continuation till the infinity periods. It can be said these events will be endless. In solving events, innocent humans lost their lives but no one emphasizes it.
Even though the eras of the world change one after another, the lives of pawn humans were wasted without sympathy. Truly, all humans should foster humanitarian acts and exercise doing something in conformity with the humane rules.
Giving birth and death are the universal truth for all. Whether anyone renews human history, all the global people should efficiently and correctly utilize such a short period of their lives with correct attitudes by beautifying the world and by benefiting society of humans.
