Oregon Cascades from South Sister summit hiking trail
Probity , the quality of being good and standing to what is right. A responsibility claimed in Quran , holy script in Islam, that human creatures carried over themselves . A responsibility that skies, earth and mountains couldn’t bear.
Today I wouldn’t go any further in my thoughts from the meaning of probity. It relates to everything I could think about right now. Within the last weeks I’ve lost some dear ones who portrayed it. Some are family members and friends. And some are ones who inspired nations with their actions. And I wonder, how would life prevail after their absence ?
I’ve loved my eldest uncle who I’ve lost recently. He was an example of the affectionate, tender, kind and compassionate man. I’m also sorrowed by losing others who made an impact with what they did and say, but they are no more around us.
But with losing our beloved ones, our hopes and thoughts goes into who might someday fill their shoes.
How could probity be consistent with actions of hate ? It couldn’t. But those haters who use force to take life away from kids in other nations are there. Those haters who justify despicable actions toward those they hate are there. Their hate is not just a feeling. It’s a collection of actions that put selfishness in the center of every decision they make.
Nelson Mandela once said : ” Let us all resolve to put children at the center of all what we do, they must be the motivation of all decision we make ”
Think once again about all brutal or selfish actions against life. What is in the center of minds of those who take such actions ?
Well, If we put children, all children, in such position, how would our actions be ? Would life prevail ? Indeed it will.
Now, You tell me, what makes life prevail ? Could it prevail without probity in mankind ? And to make the discussion more interesting, What your faith says about it ?
