Change we really need (Part I)

Wake-up call

They ask thee to hasten on the evil in preference to the good: Yet have come to pass, before them, (many) exemplary punishments! But verily thy Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind for their wrong-doing, and verily thy Lord is (also) strict in punishment. Verse # 6, Surah 13. Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)

We all saw history in making when the almighty Wall Street came down. Maybe I make it sound more dramatic than it actually was but whoever thought that such giant corporations would come down like houses of cards. To me, fall of Wall Street giants and the subsequent recession that followed is certainly a catastrophe of biblical propitiations. We may not admit it as a global catastrophe because there was no death-toll attached to it but natural calamities have only regional impact while this catastrophe touched almost all or us in one way or the other, whether it is a lost job, or lost sales or a lost opportunity.

And now that it has happened and shouldn’t we consider this as a subtle wake-up call from God but do we listen? Subtle it was indeed, because God is certainly capable of much more. The Lord works in mysterious ways and the Empire of Greed came crushing down.

The Resurrection

See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?- generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them). Verse # 6, Surah 6. Al-An'am (Cattle, Livestock)

The concept of resurrection tells us about new beginnings and of starting over. So the Wall Street went down and the after shocks took down countless giant corporations all around the world. These corporations were also the extensions to the same Greed Inc.

Now that we are all set to starting over and for sure this change will bring countless opportunities to many. This change has now created a huge vacuum which will usher in a new generation of entrepreneurs to the helm of affairs. These men and women will now have a chance to bring their innovative ideas to work. How these men and women will fare, only the future will tell us but we now have a fair idea of the real change we need in ourselves and in our societies.

To continue……….