Why?

Why do we all so much differ? Why do some have thunder in their voice? Why do some barely speak? Why do some have eyes brimful of compassion? Why do some speak of unity while some speak always to divide? Why do some seek best for others while others seek worst for others? Why some denote strength while some meekness? Why do some never bend while others never stand straight?

Some of it is, no doubt, hereditary, howsoever one choose to explain it. Hindus say it is the result of previous birth’s “karmas”.

But the fact is most of the attributes can be attributed to how we make use of the existing and gifted faculties. Nobody gets everything. Nobody gets nothing. How we use “the something” is upto us. Post World War II, Japan did have few resources and the country did have some legacy to support it. But how it used its resources was upto it.

Bihar and Jharkhand, for example, have huge resources. They surely have some legacy. How they use the resources is upto them.

Will power, I’ve experienced, is a big power. Resources, I believe, facilitate a purpose and ambition. It is usually the will to succeed that sees us through in good or bad times.