Ignorance: Prime Mover Of Our Own Self-Destruction
Since the industrial revolution at the end of the 19th century, our planet has been badly affected in the course of our so-called "progress". We have been blindly moving to our own probable demise. Due to industrialization, the adverse effects of pollution and disease became global and resulted in a world-wide calamity. Recent research shows that we have surpassed recovery levels of our atmosphere and any attempt to improve our state would be in vain. This is the result of our own ignorance. But according to a study, it is believed that ozone layer can recover due to human efforts. But are we conscious enough to save ourselves? No. Because we are too ignorant to see that.
Our own ignorance towards this grave issue is the paramount cause of the environmental disasters, unusual atmospheric behavior, diseases and world-wide catastrophy. We have been blindly killing ourselves, our planet with the excuse of "Prosperity and development". Why have we been so selfish and heartless that we forgot to take care of our home ??? Mother nature is having her revenge on us through natural catastrophes, famine, droughts, floods, storms and whatnot and all that is the result of our own actions.
Moreover, we are foolishly quarreling among ourselves over petty issues that we forget that our hostility is also affecting our planet. Today, we are unconsciously moving to a world-wide war among nations regardless of race, color or religion. Relations between America and Russia are at an all-time low, even worse than during the cold war. The tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Genocide in Palestine. Massacre in Syria. Indian brutality in Kashmir. Crisis in Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Jordan, Libya, and many other parts of the world.North Korea and Japan fully-prepped for the war situation. All this distress seems like to burst in a full-fledge war at any moment resulting in a large-scale slaughter and annihilation.
I mean......are we humans or what? We are the social beings for God's sake. What in the world are we doing fighting among ourselves, leading to our own self-destruction and making the whole world suffer? Is this all we are? Is this our true nature? Hostility and brutality are what all we've got? It is in our own hands to save ourselves from this mass execution. But are we up for it? Should we stop relying on others and stop being ignorant? That's the choice we all have to make.
Composed By: Abdullah Riaz