GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #247

Normal or Abnormal, Right or Wrong, Good or Bad….

Good morning friends,

Let’s today list some rare things on earth,
One of these is surely a ‘normal human being’,
There is around us an almost total dearth,
Even on the definition of it we keep disagreeing.
What does, in effect, this teach us?
That for something this basic there isn’t a consensus.

Like all other virtues and emotions that exist,
Even this is subject to individual interpretation.
When, for example, we find “a normal man” in our midst,
Can he be used for the concept’s confirmation?
We can, therefore, easily conclude,
That even “Good” and “Bad” have no certitude.

We should thus cut out all pretensions,
And don’t ascribe virtues in absolute;
Every virtue and concept has myriads of dimensions,
And therefore even basics lead to dispute.
We don’t have universal definition of “wrong” and “right”,
No one has displayed that kind of foresight.

“God, let me not knowingly do something wrong”,
“Unknowingly, I don’t have the requisite control”,
“I shall learn the difference as I go along”,
“I have no way to see truth as a whole.”
“Forgive me for my innate ignorance,
When I err, give me another chance.”

….are not absolute but subject to interpretations.

Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

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