Pinaki Bakshi
“Being morally enlightened is the secret of a successful life”.
It is a well said saying that man is a social animal, but do we really acknowledge that how? The answer is a man is known as social by his etiquettes and mannerism, unfortunately today’s generation is falling apart from this idea and working upon the exactly opposite. Moral values and graciousness, in past, were prominent in most teenagers, but today they have thrown it out of the window of their immoral homes. Majority of the youths then learnt respect, courtesy, consideration, decency, propriety, honesty and righteousness from a very young age and had enough self-discipline to hold these values. But now, these listed values have slowly faded away, as they mean little to these adolescents, as moral values and self-discipline are on the verge of vanishing. It is well said that children are the reflection of their parents and when they step outside, with them they carry all the moral ethics and values that have been bestowed upon them by their guardians.
But, it is undoubtedly the dire need of the hour to make them understand that, to involve in the act of bullying, to mock at others, feel privilege in using abusive tone, is not at all the act of morality or manners. There is a saying that your company speaks of who you are. That’s why one should choose one’s company wisely, as it has the power to make or unmake us. But sometimes they display extremely bad ethics and treat their immoral actions lightly. Their deteriorating moral state of mind is on acme now-a-days and no wonder their guardians are least bothered about it too. No doubt, they want to provide their wards with the best possible, but then it reminds me of an amazing saying that,
“If you want to spoil your child, just pamper him/her a little and always provide them with the optimum comfort zone.”
We often find people complaining about the polluted nature and minds of the young generation, who have no grains of gratitude in themselves, have lost the feeling of reverence for elders and their thinking is actually growing infertile day-by-day. This is actually due to the lack of morals and ethics. Unfortunately, guardians are treating this matter very casually, which further led to the deterioration of their ward.
So, here guardians have pretty vital role to play, as they have to take extra care of the activities of their wards, the way they behave, the way they are leading their lifestyle and the most important their code of conduct not just with them, but how they are outside with others too. It is really well said that, the home is the first school of any child and just imagine if that first school is not nurturing the child with its best moral concepts, then what kind of image or reflection that child is going to take outside the home of his guardians.
Etiquette develops to adjust to the times; however manners are steady because they are more about how we treat other people, somewhat than rigid rules for how things are supposed to be done. Manners are more about being careful of others and showing admiration for them. Good manners never go out of style!
Some of the things that can contribute in enhancing our etiquettes as well as personality are:-putting the mobile device away while sitting in a group, making courteous conversations, maintaining proper eye contact, taking care of postures, having gracious and appreciative nature, be well groomed, polishing of table manners and practicing proper meeting and greeting skills.
Youth not just contributes for his/her family, but for the entire nation, as they are the backbone of our country. Hence, it becomes our duty to strengthen that bone more and more, so that the base of the country’s foundation must be more stronger. So, degrading moral ecosystem of today’s generation is a matter to ponder upon and it is also pretty important to water its roots with proper values, attention and psychological understanding, so that the tree grows later on must prove to be a boon for the social environment, rather than a curse or threat for the society.
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