Aren’t we all comfortable to be reactive than proactive? Newton’s third law works, every single time. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. How easy is it to act based on circumstances? Circumstances are the actions that cause our reactions. But then, super humans are those who use circumstances to resolve their course of action and bend those circumstances to their will. So, how many super humans exist out there? It makes me ponder about the simplicity of right and wrong and how the perceptions of those concepts, change with circumstances. Despite the gut feel, most of the time, are there not multiple things that seem to be right, when in a cross-road? But somehow, one takes a priority over the other. And perhaps, it boils down to that moment, when one reaches a conclusion that, most of time, words mean nothing and willingness to act, mean nothing too. And sometimes, the right thing might be the most difficult of all. So, should one shun away from the right thing?
DISCLAIMER: This is a fictional story. All the characters are fictional. The incident itself is a creation. Any resemblance to people or to the situations in the real world, is purely coincidental. --------------------------------------- “Let me drop you”, he said. “Not if you are the last one left on this earth”, she growled. His pride took a ride, yet the fear for her, overbearing every rationale. The terrorists are loose in the city and the thought of her life in danger, however remote the possibility caused him to swallow his ego and ask of her again, “Please…” “I would rather be within the touching distance of a suicide bomber”, she said. Turning her back to him, she walked away, muttering, “So typical of him to think I require him now, as though I have not survived without him. I do not need him to feel secure in my life. I am happy and perfect and ….” “Are you?”, her conscience questioned. “Yes” “Stop lying to yourself at least”, her conscience countered. “I am not”, she a...
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