Transform your lives.....

Transform your lives... I was surprised to read somewhere that 40% of companies in the business world will not be able to sustain if they don't undergo technological transformation. Is it true? This raised a question in my mind. Applying my logical thinking, I do feel that it is possible. For example, in the Western world, there are dishwashers in households that clean dishes automatically, eliminating the need for a maid to do this task. Here, even the low socio-economic groups are gaining good exposure to technology, like smartphones, and they feel there are better job opportunities available for them to survive. I had a conversation with a journalist about the films I made to create awareness, and he said that I provided straightforward solutions. He mentioned that people prefer to see pain and disaster before believing that something can be done. Especially in India, people tend to need to see the extremities of disaster before they are willing to change.

But now, even this low socio-economic group believes in the power of change. They know that if they educate themselves, there is a possibility for them to transform their lives. The philosophy of merely giving sympathy and help cannot work anymore. We need to change; we need to transform lives with new innovations. Writing positive articles over the last four years has transformed my life in many ways. Positive attitude and flexibility are the new search engines. Even if they don't exist yet, they will emerge soon. New transformations will help people heal themselves, and more universal transformation will occur if we invest in transforming others. The world has become smaller, and communication is the key to making a change—not through pain, but in a positive way.

Last year, we appointed a social worker to look after all the hearing-impaired schools in Mumbai. Her duty was to visit all the special schools once a month and monitor their performance. She checked if the students were wearing their hearing aids, how they had improved in communication, their overall progress, and many other factors. After analyzing the whole year, we found that parents were not aware of how to best utilize the potential of their children despite their hearing impairment. There was a lack of understanding about technology and its benefits. Therefore, I decided to visit all the schools, especially during parents' meetings, to educate them on how change is possible.

I visited one school and the first thing I told them was that both parents should attend these meetings because working together efficiently makes a significant difference for their child. Many parents had more than one deaf child. I explained that, depending on genetics, one can have one, two, or even three deaf children. If you have one deaf child, you know how difficult it is to manage them. You need technology, which you can afford. By having more children, you are only increasing the deaf community. If you concentrate on one child, provide good technology, give them a good education, and make them self-dependent, you will reduce your responsibility and liability, as well as the country's liability. Such things are difficult to convey, but someone needs to do it. Even if one person transforms, it will eventually multiply.

Our Lord has undergone many transformations over the years, from the beginning of human existence, just to be with humans. He took the Narasimha avatar, half-human and half-lion, just to kill a devil. Through these stories, God has conveyed that transformation is a process that may appear ordinary, but in reality, something extraordinary happens. After experiencing the impact of COVID-19 and learning from many natural disasters, we humans need to learn to transform our lives. We cannot grow individually; we all need to grow together, whether it be in dealing with technology or managing emotions and feelings.

We had a young boy visit our clinic with stammering issues. He was very intelligent and had come from a city in the middle part of India to Mumbai to do his graduation. He was brought up in a joint family with many cousins of similar age. All the brothers were younger than their sisters. As young boys in the family, they received all the attention. They all had some difficulty in talking because they were pampered and encouraged to speak in baby language, which over time became a habit that is now difficult to change. His intelligence exceeded his physical fitness.

I was counseling him, telling him that he needed to change. He had to break his habit of stammering, become more physically active to balance his uninvited anxiety issues, and speak a little more slowly so others could understand him. The boy promptly said that his difficulty was that he was too lazy to change. Sometimes I feel that today's youngsters are very fast in using technology and social media, but when it comes to focusing on goals with efficiency, children from well-to-do families or families where all facilities are available often don't want to put in the effort to improve.

Technology cannot give you confidence. The social media status of those from rich families does not sustain our families. Celebrities, politicians, and industrialists who serve as our role models do not instill courage in us. We all have to transform our lives on our own and with a positive attitude. If you make mistakes, view them as experiences. Forgive others and yourself if something goes wrong in life. Protect your energy and yourself from people who do not motivate you. Set your own standards. Just because others drink or smoke doesn't mean you have to follow. Know yourself and try to use your best potential. Be courageous to face any situation. Learning from positivity over the years has transformed my life for the better. What about you all?