Beauty and the Beast !!!

The train had started moving. A 30 year old man was sitting at the window seat looking and admiring the beauty outside. When he saw birds flying he got all excited and shouted at everyone around, telling them how beautiful they looked. He was in awe of the trees that were passing by. For him even the light gentle breeze that was blowing carried a different freshness today. He could see the huge sugarcane farms in the distance having a distinctive sweet fragrance. After sometime rain drops fell on his hands, he was thrilled just like a small 5 year old, when they get chocolates and toffees. Seeing such an odd behavior from a 30 year old, a lady sitting beside him couldn't help asking him the reason for such demonstration. She thought that he was a krack case and needed to go to a mental asylum. Upon questioning him, the answer she received made her feel embarrassed on her thoughts. The man was blind since birth and had just come from the hospital with a new pair of eyes. For him all these things were new and he was enjoying it to the hilt.

Without even knowing the truth, the lady had made assumptions about the man being a nut case. How many times do we make this mistake? We make certain perception about people or things and stick to it without considering other possibilities that can exists. Thus, it is imperative to know the truth before making assumptions and acting on our beliefs because there is a story behind every action an individual undertakes.

This incident also depicts the fact that on one hand we have such beauty in our environment and on the other hand there are people who starve for food, suffer from ailments and are disfigured. It feels sad and unfair at the same time. We should consider ourselves lucky and thank god to be able to revel in the bounties of nature. We are the blessed ones who have the love of our family and support of friends. Each and every moment of our life should be enjoyed. There is beauty in the varying shades of butterfly, the slight tinch of pink in the morning sky or the glittering dots shimmering against a black velvet blanket during the night. All of this should be appreciated. We should try and find joy in small things like helping an old man cross the road rather than materialistic things which we run after.

This bad and good side of the nature also tells us the positive and the negative aspect of human beings. Each one of us has devil and angel residing within us. Its just the question of which one gets better of us. Human beings are generally victims of circumstances. Their behavior are molded by the various situations they face and experiences they gather. No individual is bad or good by birth. Its the various problems they face and the company they keep that make them the way they are.

Our society consists of both beauty and the beast. It is upto us to cultivate the beauty and convert the beast. I wont say kill the beast because there is a prince hidden underneath the mask.

P.S. First time i have used my Consumer Behavior concepts so well.. I wished these concepts could have been applied while writing the exams.. :P