It’s a weird world at certain dimensional specification of time and space. Haiti has no world at a time when we were discussing National Film Awards. Obama was trying to rebuff special interest group and we were contesting a controversial field hockey election, on which lies nothing but an ego.
A good friend once said, there should be integration of the works of people in different stratum of society. Revolutions should be for integration. Like many bearded journalists in this world, he went unheard. The term ‘integration’ has remained but a jargon for most of us. I tried integrating my efforts with the efforts of others in the sector and found it making wonders. What someone thinks or does is what I do or think and the world suddenly gets one more identity; and it is more important. It is not that person’s identity, nor is it my identity- it is that integrated identity. I desist use of word ‘we’ there. A shallow thought would belie the would-be-possible state of mind behind that refrain, so a deeper thought generated.
Ordinary people often quote ‘this is personal and that is professional’. Smart people often say ‘this is personal, professional, and social’. But extraordinary people say it is but spiritual. It is about the moment irrespective of sense it generates; be it planning for next round of official dialogues or writing your innate fears on your diary. It is not about the form of prayer you make, but it is about the prayer you make. It is about the spirit of your prayer, your bathroom secrets, and your work ethics. And unless we seek an integration of our professional, personal, social and spiritual cycles of breaths and blinks, ‘we’ won’t come into being.
I don’t say should, I say must. Let us integrate our own actions throughout the day and night. Let us all refine our actions to fit as one whole. It must be a big world and one world, where everything affects the elections of hockey board and everyone lends a hand to Haitian people to that ‘integrated self’. Where Obama is the award and films are but mirrors for us. My actions towards this should speak louder than these few words and my fears should not subdue my zeal.
Let us all accept our fears and integrate!
