Day 20 – Q 3.We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. Comment.

3. We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. Comment. 

हम अपने अतीत को नहीं बदल सकते। हम इस तथ्य को नहीं बदल सकते हैं कि लोग एक निश्चित तरीके से कार्य करते हैं। हम अपरिहार्य को नहीं बदल सकते हैं। केवल एक चीज जो हम कर सकते हैं वह है हमारे पास एक स्ट्रिंग पर  खेलना, और यही हमारा दृष्टिकोण है। टिप्पणी करें।

Introduction:

Attitude is a predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain idea, object, person, or situation. Attitude influences an individual’s choice of action, and responses to challenges, incentives, and rewards.

Body

Let’s take the same Statement and add an Anecdote of our freedom movement to it: 

We cannot change our past – Defeat in hands of English East India Company.

We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way – Bruiser’s act of Colonisation.

We cannot change the inevitable –Exploitation.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude– Belief in Non-violence.

• Similar is the case at the Individual level also. One may have high IQ and a sharp logical mind but without the right attitude, both are rendered useless. 

Eg. A bureaucrat posted in the riot-sensitive area may be very good in management and thinking logically. But she can take precautionary measures and keep things in control only when she has a positive attitude towards all the religions.

• Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years; there was nothing he could do.

He just maintained his positive attitude Despite Long-suffering and could win freedom for blacks in South Africa. The Positive attitude which Mandela held helped him in countering negative thoughts in mind and pushes a man towards positivity.

• On the contrary Negative attitude pushes a man towards failure, depression, and anxiety which makes the person mentally as well as physically sick.

Eg. The reason for the declining child sex ratio is because of the negative attitude of society towards females. 

• Hard-working nature and overcoming failure attitude is reflected in the behaviour of a person in a critical situation.

Eg. It was ThomasAlvaEdison’s Never Give Up’ attitude that did not deter him even after repeated failures, finally inventing the electric bulb to the world.

Conclusion:

Life will always happen to one as it happens to everybody but one’s attitude will determine how far one gets in life. Hence, the right attitude is all that is needed to make a big difference in any situation.