A few months ago I
needed a small write up for a
magazine. That's when I hunted and
hunted...and stumbled upon a weird
acronym - OMAK - It meant 'Observe Merit and Appreciate Kindness'
Now this concept of
OMAK basically tries to highlight that different people have different
qualities which could be considered as merits or shortcoming. And it talks about
our natural tendency to focus on faults in things, people and everything around
us. It cautions us not to do so, but to
"Observe Merit" in people and "Appreciate Kindness" in what
they do.
As I began to read a
few articles from the internet on this, I began to shake my head in
negation, "Of course not! We aren't
that negative….It depends and varies from person to person and on the person's
outlook"
As I finished
reading and pondered a bit on this, I began to see that may be I had to change my
stance. Recalling a few instances made
me realize that at many instances many people including me have been negative.
I read a bit and tried to understand the concept and for a few days even tried
practicing the concept of OMAK.
Now I had read an
article, tried practicing the concept for a few days and that was it…
Gradually, things returned to the way they were...
So caught up in life
and the daily grind, going through the motions day in and day out, the smile
that was plastered on my face was getting tinier and tinier. Was it because I
was finding faults with everything or was it because I was in a situation to be
considered as a fault?
I am unsure….
As I sit and ponder
I realize that 'fault finding' and 'whining' have become a integral part of
human lives. In fact we do not just limit it to these two. We have now also
specialized in the area of 'sarcasm'.
You may shake your
head and say no...But just think for a few moments and you realize that a lot
of interactions that take place in our lives may have either of these things
What has changed so
much in the world that these things -
fault finding, whining and sarcasm have become a part of our life?
I am really unsure
and saddened by this. But something forced to revisit the article I read on
OMAK earlier and I am directly quoting a few lines from the last paragraph
here….
It put the smile
back on my face and hope in my heart. Let's see what tomorrow brings!!!
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