We are all caught up in the world of fast progress, developments
and changing trends. With the advance school of thoughts, anything not referred
too much or spoken about, looks outdated. A decade ago the so called values,
ethics, social norms were the binding agents in human lives and organizations
but today there is a world of difference. Many other priorities and
demands have taken front stage like adding financial value, status and
popularity.
To what extent we know that the cultural
assumptions undergirding our celebrity fetish are false and not
everything popular is good (and may in fact, be profoundly bad). Yet we
continue to elevate and adulate people based on the ability to make name for
themselves.
Even to finalize a product from online web portal or to find out
the current trends that are viral, we chose based on the number of people who
have tried and provided a positive review followed by finding out the top
celebrities in any field that are recommending the products and displaying a
particular style. Malcom Muggeridge puts this beautifully, “Man is so
avid for knowledge that everything he touches turns to facts; his faith becomes
theology, his love becomes lechery, his wisdom becomes science. Pursuing
meaning, he ignores truth.”.
What grid do we wish to follow that can suggest guidance to
dignity and valuing God given life to us? God has set a parameter and moral
framework of right and wrong. If you have to consider based on the values God
has set, you would no longer settle for what is popular, but for what is
right. Bible says, “the fashion of this world passeth away.” Yesterday's
fashion is an outdated style of today. Do you still have anything to hold on
to? Going by popular opinion, and trend can lead to disaster if it is not
carefully analysed because most of it comes with a cost and we are willing to
pay heavily even forfeiting our soul. Think about it!
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