Perfecting Youth

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Samkit Yuvak Mandal

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The old Equipments were resistant and reactive.
The new ones are instant and obedient.
become tense, and blood pressure rises. Our body prepares for action. To release the tension formed in the body, we yell, scream, slam or throw things, and pound our fist.
You can do with just pressing the buttons like 'play' and 'mute'. Instant and Obedient instruments though servile, creates a specific mentality.
Thoughtless reactions, but nothing like a mindful response.
Now let's enter the solution zone.
The moment I ring the bell, the door should be opened!
Control, consider and compromise.
The moment I reach the station, the train should arrive!
These are the 3 commands that will surely help us to be able to respond.
The moment I sit on the dining chair, I should be served!
1. Control
The moment I call up someone, he should just pick up!
But this is not always possible. We interact with both Humans and machines. Machine can't replace Humans and Humans cannot become machines. Humans having their own brains and minds won't respond instantly and accordingly as per the machines. We fail to understand this simple thing: this is one of the reasons why we lose our temper so easily.
We must have control on our words and deeds. We must use our brain in order to respond to a particular situation. Instead of reacting immediately, we must think, why it has happened this way only and why not the other way? We must not conclude anything immediately.
William George Plunkett - "Three things never come back: the spent arrow; the spoken word; the lost opportunity."
We must have control on our self; nobody can do that for us.
All the above things give rise to anger. We start breathing heavy. Because of this, the heart starts beating faster, and pumps much more oxygen, adrenaline, and sugar into the bloodstream. Our muscles and arteries
Mahatma Gandhi has set a beautiful example. Once, when he was sitting between two British officers, one of them said, "You Ass:" the other said,
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