The Elderliness

The Elderliness

Being elder is the toughest thing in the world. Age wise we are being elder at every second. A child gets birth, is the youngest in the world but after a second so many other children have taken birth. And this one is now one second elder to them. We will not take the matter in such a large scope. Elderliness is a comparative phenomenon but here we are taking it as a non-comparative thing.

After some time we see we are being called by some others as an elder brother or sister and after some more time we are listening the word ‘Uncle’ for us. We are getting the due respect belongs to these words. In our working place also we get seniority.

We know that this word ‘Respect’ is the main instinct of all our activities. All the money and all the posts we acquire are just to acquire the respect from others in our life. It is the most material form of the word ‘Love’.

But it is also giving us unknowingly a responsibility. And as being elder is the toughest thing so its linked thing responsibility is. Sometimes we do not want to sit on our study as we have completed all our course but our younger brother is not sincere to his study so we just sit on our study to show him that we are very sincere to our study.

In working place an administrator is highly responsible for his outer discipline too. He may be very fast in his work and clear up all his work in a very short time but he has to follow his office timings otherwise it may create a misbalance in office atmosphere.

And if we are in a social, religious or political field than our responsibility is the highest. Because the figures in the mentioned fields lead our society, our country and control the deeds of ordinary persons.
What Lord Krishna says in the Gita is very inspiring:

Yad Yadacharati shreshthastattadevetaro janah,
Sa yat pramanam kurute lokastadanuvartate.
Gita, Chapter-3, Verse-21
Whatever an Ideal man does, ordinary men follow the same,
Whatever he says even as ideal(work), other men follow the same.