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How to Build a Good Character?
By Koushik Roy Choudhari
Our talking, our thinking, our mode
Our country, as well as the whole of working all are the totality of our
inner nature. Character, as observed
world, is reeling under the flux of by Swami Vivekananda is "an
injustice, immorality, jealously, agglomeration of our propensities, it
hypocrisy, sycophancy, economic up
is the bundle of habits." Naturally, we
and down, etc. We are much think or speak or act according to our
concerned to eradicate such all sorts
propensities and habits. Our inner
of problems but our all endeavours propensities motivate us to think or
result in vain. Every problem circles speak or act in a certain way which
around single thing only that is the already has become ours.
crisis of character. If we can tackle
this crisis boldly and squarely, all
Here is an example of three passers-
other crisis will gradually be solved by having different properties. On the
without much difficulty. While we're side of a road, water tap is open.
much worried about all other
Someone used it but forgot to twist
problems and try to solve them, no its nob. Person A notices it but
serious thinking or no efforts are
ignoring the wastage of drinking
being made to confront the problem water, he moves away. Person B
of lack of character. It is the most notices it and begins to think whether
urgent problem today and all the he should stop it or not, while person
serious and thinking citizens should C without the least thinking goes to
devote sufficient time to find out a
the water tap and twists the nob to
way how to tackle it. Unfortunately, stop immediately the wastage of
the character appears to be something water. What we do without thinking is
vague and obscure to many. our propensity. The action has
According to general opinion, it is an become a propensity for the person C
inherent quality of a man. As a
but person B is still trying to make it
building's strength depends on the
as a propensity. We can change our
quality of every brick, the character of fashion of thinking, speaking or doing
every citizen affirms the future of the
and thus we can change our
society they are living in.
propensities and habits or our
characters.
What is a character?
Truly a character cannot be located
directly but it can be perceived by Habit is not formed in a day. It is
one's conducts, speeches or deeds. formed through repeated actions. For
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