Abort Theft not Thieves

It has been a long time that I have been thinking to write about this topic but as it is said that things happen at right time and right place. Today, while walking across the street I saw an old lady begging for a penny, seeing this my heart feels a deep wind of sorrow penetrated through the entire body and I was helpless at that time because I wanted to eradicate her begging practice but as an individual I cannot do everything to help her. A strong thought just crushed my mind and I realized that if she is unable to survive by depending upon the mercy of others then she might take a wrong turn in life. Have we ever given a moment to think about the root problem of increasing thefts in the country? I request, we should take a small moment from our busy lives to explore the life of a thief and how they were forced to bow before life and we call them “thief”!!

In this era, where we don’t have time for ourselves and our family, would unlikely spend a little time in toiling our minds to reach the real cause of this practice. Have we ever thought when a child is born, does it knows what would be its fate?? What will it be able to contribute to the world??The answer is simply “NO”. It’s only the deeds that we call as “Karma” which decide his/her fortune and his/her destiny which in turn get reflected from the prevailing environment in the society. If we try to create a healthy surrounding and powerful atmosphere that enlighten all of us and reach the ultimate destiny of human kind then we can avoid the bad practices by some ignorant people.
We can take a lively situation; if there is a theft in a bus then everyone tries to blame the thief and initiate beating him/her without knowing anything, even the persons who were not present at that moment of theft start beating the thief, this gesture of beating is not to help someone but a way of reducing their frustration of something that has no relation with either the present situation or the thief. Have we ever tried to ask that thief “the reason for such an act of him”??No. No. No. We don’t bother to show that gesture because it is always pre-assumed that it is a criminal activity and a criminal should be treated in-humane. We never think that the thief might be stealing for saving life of someone, to survive i.e. to save his/her life. Do we really want to give an inhumane treatment to a person who is saving somebody’s life? No, if you are a human.
Quoting this situation, I am not trying to prove that stealing or theft is a good activity. I request all of us should try to understand another human. What has led the other person to reach that level and involve in a criminal activity? Try to help them by either making them aware of the consequences and what they will get in return for these activities? Help them by giving them employment and trying to explain them the importance of money earned by hard work.
“Bread earned by hard-work is worthless as compared to bread earned by no-work”