What should be our attitude to our neighbours for a harmonious living?
Human beings should shed their selfishness and realise that the earth
is not our property. As Rachel Carson says, we belong to the earth.
The earth does not belong to us. We have to live in harmony with
everything else around us. This includes our neighbours.
When we
build a wall around our property, we get a false feeling that whatever
is within that boundary belongs to us. But as social beings we are
called to be broadminded to include other people also in to our lives.
In an ideal world there should be no need for artificial boundaries. It
is against nature. That is why Robert Frost doubts that there is some
force behind the destruction of walls every year. There is something in
nature that doesn't love a wall.
Walls are temporary solutions
to avoid disputes between neighbours. For those who have not grown
mature enough to think beyond walls, it may be necessary. But we have
to grow mature and understand the futility of divisions between people.
Be it political, economic, religious, or any other, we as human beings
should rise above narrow divisive attitudes.
Appreciation / Review of Mending Wall
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