What an age we are living in, where every little good that happens is a highlight instead of being the norm. It says a lot of the amount of troubles we all have to face every single day.
Some have more troubles to face than others, and that is a problem of the way society has been built over the last few decades - which most of us are aware of. We are all working towards making it better in our own way, prioritising and tackling the topics that matter to each one of us individually.There are a lot of things to fix in this current world we are living in. Some might say too many even. But we are all defending something close to our heart, even those who appear to be opposing whatever we are trying to fight for.
Whether you are at the lowest end of the pyramid or at the top, we are all responsible for the current state of things.
What matters is your thought process behind each decision you make, who you are working for and what are you working towards, and how conscious you are of the impact - both negative and positive - of any decision you make when you do have the opportunity to do so. Studies say the regular adult makes 35 000 choices a day.
So, of course you will make mistakes, this is a trait of being human, and we have multiple frameworks to ensure you do not keep going on committing mistakes, but most mistakes you can repent for, be it through the framework (law being one of them) or outside of it.
Outside of the framework though, it comes down to your sense of responsibility, your moral compass, your courage to look back, your willingness to accept criticism and input from other parties - to evaluate how you should move ahead to ensure you do not commit such a mistake again. Even from the darkest corners of your life, you can bounce back and be an inspiration to others e.g. literary works from prisoners.
That's being agile in your life, that's accepting that you are a continuous work in progress, iterating not towards perfection, but rather making the world a better place for whoever inherits it after you, so they still understand the work that still has to be done and how they can help, rather than them just sitting back and enjoying the privilege they have, or worse, repeating your mistake in a worse way.
This sense of responsibility is your biggest legacy that you can leave your progeny, protégés and the generations to come.
With a pandemic about, a host of inequality issues, and a system based on punishment and cancellation rather than education, restoration and correction, it is easy to be overwhelmed by everything and wear blinkers.
It is normal to let your genetic survival instincts prevail so you can focus on your own issues and stay in your echo chamber, but maybe reach out to someone with different views than yours, hear their arguments, understand them with an open heart. Not an open mind. See the human first. Imagine a bit, what if it were your loved one instead of that stranger.
Hack your own cognitive biases, let your heart bloom in the face of the human in front of you.
Because right now, and for a better future, that's what the world needs the most.
Heart.