It was
2:30pm in library and I was feeling drowsy because of lack of sleep. It was not
the subject to be blamed but was the timings of the lecture and endless
sleepless nights thinking about my future goals but the ultimate result of this didn’t find me any goal but
rather took off my attention from the subject known to be backbiter of your
fifth semester results.
Anyway, this
was something not in context of what I am going to write about in the coming
paragraphs.
Coming to the point one thing that grabbed my
attention was a statement said by ma’am, as mentioned earlier I was not in
position to retain everything discussed in that lecture so I have no idea why
ma’am said that.
“WE ARE CRITICS, NOT LEARNERS”
Hmm… it
sounded so interesting to me and when I thought about it I realized that this
statement is very true. Yes, we think that we are critics and almost all the time
we judge situations rather learning something from them. This is the main reason of our failure. In my
opinion the reason behind failure is that we hardly learn from our previous
mistakes, may be its not you but it has happened with me. These words are so
powerful that I can relate it with every situation that I am stuck in. We think
we have the power to criticize things because it is an easy way to come out of
problems but in reality we never lead to a path which helps in learning new
ideas, innovations or creativity. Learning can’t happen until we stop and think
about our mistakes rather than criticizing people, situations and life.
For instance
we know that the government of India is one of the most corrupted bodies in the
world and it is in the hands of few powerful politicians. We know this fact
very well have we ever tried to bring a change? I am not talking to the handful
people involved in bringing social change but I am questioning this to the
masses who just criticize the government. J I guess political problem might be vast
and out of reach for a college student to handle but what about our assignments
that we never complete on time and criticize our college for it, this is
totally in our hands but we repeat the same mistakes all this time, Don’t we?
So, Thank you
ma’am for reminding me that I am learner and not a critic. I don’t have the
power to judge anyone or anything until I work hard to bring a change, and if
someone criticizes what I am doing I will accept my mistakes, my missteps and
correct them because after all I am learner and learners are meant to accept,
learn and succeed. Haina?
