The 4th Dimension

Are you ready? It was the popular catch line of D-Generation X in WWE. Way back in 1995 when the grappling industry became dull and boring, WWF (now known as WWE) created this stable for a CHANGE. Many thought that to shake the very core of the wrestling business will ultimately back fire. But guess what, this not only created a change but it took the company to the next level. The TV ratings soared to new heights and almost every show was a sell out. This change not only resulted in wrestling being grown as an industry but a house hold commodity. Guys like HHH, Undertaker and Shawn Micheals to name a few were named along side Eric Cantonna, Maradonna and Mike Tyson. Till to this date WWEs flagship program “RAW” is the oldest running program extending its life to over 800 weeks in the US .

Moral: “The key to change… is to let go of fear.”

Some 8 years back a young engineer started a group for sharing. He used to share what ever good he can with his colleagues. Initially it was all one way traffic with no response from the other side. Naturally the guy thought that his emails were directly landing in the trash box, so he stopped the process. But to his utter surprise people started asking him after some time that where are your emails? I haven’t received your email since days? Whats up with your news? This initiative not only created a new way telecom professionals started looking at sharing but the idea it self benefitted many people in different ways. Today the guys sharing model has grown into a career portal with thousands benefitting from it daily.

Moral: “Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history. “

Change has come to America were the words expressed by Barack Obama when he won the recently concluded US presidential elections. With odds heavily stacked against him for all the wrong reasons. A person having a suspicious ( in the eyes of west) middle name, growing in Indonesia with a background of visiting Islamic learning institutes, having a father who followed the Muslim faith and having a black skin announcing that he will run for the presidential race in March 2007 was let alone looking like a recipe for disaster. But the man firmly believed that it was time for change and he eventually succeeded. To see a nation rejecting all of the above mentioned notions and actually making realizing the dream of Martin Luther King Junior in which he wished that one day he will live in a nation where his children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character is no mean feat.

Moral: “They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

The above three are random incidents that I chose to share with you all. There are numerous examples in history of people accepting change and making impacts on the upcoming generations.

We all wish for change. We all chant that kaash aisa nahee hona chahiyae, iss tarah hona chahiyae, yeh cheez to yuh honi chahiyae, uss jaga to iss tarah hota hai, meray dost ke saath to yeh hota hai, mai to yeh chahta hoon, and etc etc. But how many of us echo that change.

There is a great fairy tale story that a person presented a perfect model to the United Nations as to how all the countries should operate. His idea boasted that if the model is implemented there will be no problems in the world. His plan was certified as brilliant, but it was not implemented. He continued to present that idea to every head of the country but no one implemented it. All praise but no implementation was the end result. As usual he gave up all hopes and started moaning the fact that how a change chain the world has rejected. On his death bed he realized that as to why his model failed. He concluded that he wanted the change to be accepted in the reverse order but he himself never implemented that model for change. They say be the change that you want to be and then expect others to follow the suit.

You may find that you alone cannot make a difference. It is possible that you wont be able to witness that change in your life time, but at the end of the day you can proudly say that you tried. We as humans can only try. If we are sincere in our effort we are bound to succeed because remember change is the only constant