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to be or not to be -
I don’t know how you would choose, but what went thru your mind can easily
change someone’s life....
This is worth reading.
A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use
while the other disused.
Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational
track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchanger.
You could have made the train change its course to the disused track and
saved most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child paying
by the disused track would be sacrificed.
Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Let’s take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make.
Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice
only one child.
You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, I thought the same way
initially because to save most of the children at the expense of only one
child was a rational decision most people would make, morally and
emotionally.
But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused
track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends
who chose to play where the danger was.
This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office,
community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the
minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no
matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how far-sighted
and knowledgeable the minorities are.
The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was
sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for
him.
On the other hand, the kids playing on the operational track should have
known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run
away if they heard the train’s sirens.
If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he
never thought the train could come over to that track!
Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If
the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all
passengers on board at stake!
Think about it...
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while
you could miss it. “
Cheers,
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