In childhood, I once had a chance to visit a zoo. There were
many wild animals in large, beautiful enclosure. Indeed there was a small
concrete structure erected on the side of a lawn over which following words
were written- The Most Dangerous Animal of the world.
Out of curiosity when I went in front of it there was just a
mirror inside it. I could see nothing but my own reflection. At that time I was
too young to understand its implications. Indeed gradually when I realized its
significance I couldn’t agree more.
I remember a chapter in our English book which had a very
beautiful paragraph which went something like this, “We have inherited this
earth from our forefathers and have a responsibility to pass it to our children’s.
We do not own it in anyways yet we harness it as though we were its masters. We
have forgotten our responsibility to surpass it to coming generation.
Development is necessary but sustainable development is the key”.
This paragraph indeed summarizes the whole story behind man
becoming the animal that it never was. We are depleting earth and Mother Nature
in a rate with which it can never reprimand.
We are nothing but a tenant on this earth. Our stake on
earth comes with a responsibility of maintain it in its actual state. We are
moving towards a future where their will soon be no future at all. And as one
learned men once said, “When the last tree has fallen and the last food has
been eaten and the last drop of water has been consumed that the Men will
realize, he cannot eat money.”
With global warming, changing climate and worsening ecological balance the writing is on the walls
and hope we realize it sooner than later!
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