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Value for a Healthy Society
Value for a Healthy Society
A society is what its children are! For after all the children of today are the adult citizens of tomorrow. In fact, today, one of our valuable resources in the country are our children. By grooming the young minds which are so malleable, so impressionable, in the right direction, & at the right time, we would be helping nurture a healthy and happy society for tomorrow.
Similarly, we also need to recognize another valuable human resource of our society- our elders. Cherish your elders- they are a treasure-house of knowledge, wisdom and experience. An old African proverb says-“The death of an elderly man is like the burning of a library.” The wisdom and knowledge of our elders are like the roots of society. Cutaway these roots and the tree falls, so also, when we deride or neglect an elder we are sawing off the very branch that we are sitting upon!
If we are able to impress upon our children the importance of being respectful towards our elderly, if we are able to set by example the need for being caring towards our seniors, we would be grooming a generation of adults who would be able to cherish and value these ancient mores.
Children learn fast when they are taught young. And it is necessary that we bring back the value system of yore which was healthy for the mind and soul of society. So what better than to teach the young children, the importance of the elderly in our lives; to impress upon them that, ‘As you sow, so shall you Reap!’ Everyone grows old. So give respect and get respect. If the seniors of today are happy and can lead dignified lives, we can be assured that the children of today will also be the happy and healthy elders of tomorrow.
So to restore our Indian heritage, to bring back the spirit of wellbeing of our ancient Indian traditions, we have to cultivate our young Indian minds. We have to inculcate in them the fact that our elders are indeed the backbone of our society. The well-being of our elders is also the indicator of the health of our society.
The need of the hour is to bring back the moral values of respect, trust, honesty, ethical behaviour, decorum, dignity and decency into the moral fabric of the Indian ethos. Respect for women, for elders, for truth, for honesty are the pillars of any civilized society. Losing sight of these is bound to lead to moral blindness in any society.
This initiative on “Valueducation of our Children” seeks the participation of senior citizens as voluntary teachers of ‘Valueducation”. The participation of seniors as volunteers under this project serves to highlight the fact that seniors are still productive, still capable of giving to society and that age has in no way diminished their quality or their capacity of being positive contributors to the development of society.
This also ensures that seniors remain active and independent and in the process healthy and beneficially occupied (not in monetary terms, but in terms of qualitative work satisfaction).
At the same time the seniors are also carrying out a responsibility that has traditionally been theirs from times of yore and which they have carried out appreciably- to inculcate amongst the youngsters, the old and cherished values that nurture a good society.
An important and critical need for the development of Indian society, especially under the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan is to ensure not just a cleaning up of the environment, but also, a cleansing of the Mind and Body of every individual. Getting rid of old, archaic thoughts and opinions and imbibing the purest of thoughts and actions even at the personal and individual levels is very vital. Cleanliness and hygiene are daily chores for the body and good morals and ethical values help keep the Mind clean, clear and pure.
