Playing human - the victim card

There is no species that complains as much as man does. In spite of having superiority in physique, intelligence and adaptation, man has been unsuccessful in achieving one thing - contentment.

While the train that I am sitting in, crosses the creek, I notice that it's low tide. The tiny forest close to the shore is laden with age-old plastic, degrading cloth and so many objects discarded by humans over the years. The greens of the plants are overshadowed by the dirty grays of the garbage. All this will be hidden by waves of water very soon as the tide rises.

Maybe owing to religious or superstitious reasons or sheer laziness (maybe), we find it very convenient to discard into nature what we do not need. No consideration for water, air or soil. We build roads, bridges, railway lines, houses, hotels and the more we create, the more powerful we consider ourselves to be. We follow the "create/import, use, discard, repeat" cycle. 

Oblivious to the consequences, we keep dumping all that we refuse. We have not even spared the depths of the oceans, the top of mountains, not even outer space which apparently contains floating debris of satellites!

With the slightest dumping of work or emotion on us, we make a big deal out of it and say we are stressed, pressured, harassed and abused. And even so, very conveniently, we care a damn about the space we inhabit. 

We keep creating stuff mindlessly and conveniently. Do we know if there's enough space in our home - planet Earth? 

What an irony when Nature decides to retaliate (just as we do under pressure), we again smoothly play the victim. We keep cribbing and complaining about how we "lost" so much because of nature, and how much "damage" has incurred due to natural calamities.

We want to be immortal, invincible, and unaffected by any adverse or unpleasant events. We strive very hard to fight disease and death, suffering mostly due to the side effects of our own creations. We tamper with nature's laws, feel superior and continue splurging, exhibiting our intellectual capability to defy everything. The minute it backfires, we cry, and write motivational quotes about fighting on, not giving up or changing our ways.

There is no thought about anything else but our own comfort. We can damage and walk away, without regret or remorse. But if we experience the slightest retaliation from our environment, we throw a fit about how life is unfair and unkind.

My realisation (apart from my rant) is only this: When will man be considerate before creating something? When will he consider others in his ecosystem before calling all the shots? When will he be compassionate and mindful while creating?

Truly, with great power comes great responsibility. Be superior but be responsible!