On many occasions I have heard people express a desire to settle down in a city or place which they find will give them a comfortable life. Many say that they want to go here, there in search of that place and express it like “It’s an ideal land for making and living a comfortable life there” and if you hear it from the college students you are definitely going to hear a phrase like “dream land” or a “dream country or ideal country” attached to it. I understand the fascination that one has about settling down abroad. I also sense the same excitement when you think of a “dream land” or an “ideal country”. But there is one question that sometimes just shores up in my mind; does a country on its own become a dream/ideal land? Or is it the responsibility of the people living in the country to make it an ideal place to live in and a place of admiration?
I always feel the latter is true, because imagine a place with clean and well laid roads, numerous trees and clear sky above your head, every house is a mansion and birds chirping and every thing that gives you comfort is available to you but no people has yet inhabited there . Now place yourself in that place, ask yourself will you be happy? And yes, perhaps you won’t be unhappy the first few days, but as days pass you will surely miss something and that will make you unhappy. Let’s now take our example a little forward and say that you are not alone but with your family and loved ones, but still you will be not be happy for long.
The thing that you will miss is the human connectivity. Man is a very much a social animal and he has always been productive when surrounded by people. We all seek is not a beautiful place with no one, but a place where we have people and their presence makes the place more beautiful. Of course you will also feel tired of the crowd around you and then you need to take a break and go to some place alone to spend sometime with yourself and come back rejuvenated and take on life with more excitement. We should understand ourselves better when is it that we need the connectivity and when do we want to be with ourselves and most Importantly this should be connected to people around you in subtle terms so that they understand you.
Now let us leave the psychological and sentimental analysis apart, and see how do people create an ideal place? Nature has given abundant resources everywhere, but yes you may complain that this place is a desert and that place is always flooded. But something missing in a place is a sure shot indication of something else that is present. It’s up to us to make use of the resources available to its best. Let’s take an example of a city that is full of people and is also dirty. The crowd is a factor that perhaps we have no control over but of course we can control the pollution. Its simple things that will help us do it.
• Avoid throwing garbage on the road, walk a little and throw it in a dustbin provided.
• Don’t litter stations and public places, it’s our property and it’s our duty to keep that clean.
• Try and minimize parking in the road side and thereby blocking the traffic.
• Be considerate to your neighboring vehicles and they will in turn be considerate to you.
• Avoid honking on roads, when there is a traffic jam your honking does not help.
• Keep the surrounding of your house clean.
• Maximize using public transport and you will find lesser congestion on roads due to vehicles. Etc.
These are just a few things that as a citizen we can do keep the place clean. If all of us are self aware then it helps the government and in turn also helps us in creating that dream land.
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