Something which was regular before now holds a special status

I am a nature loving person, and love to stay close and do as much as possible to preserve it. So GreenPeace, WWF, Organic are quite a regular term in my dictionary. Also I am a huge gadget geek. To be frank, they intoxicate me.
I would prefer buying from a farmers market or at a super market buy lentils, rice, juice, fruits and vegetables which are labeled Organic.
Yesterday when I was shopping at the super market, I realized that out of the 15 rows of vegetable/ fruit tables there was one that was dedicated for ‘Organic’. There were a handful of them available and attracted a 30%-50% extra price tag. What struck to be then was ‘Something which was regular before now holds a special status.’ Then all of a sudden my childhood flashed in front of eyes. I started comparing 20 year old memories with that of today. The food, the trees, surroundings, the gadgets, plants, animals. etc. Out of all that I compared the only thing that stood better today were ‘gadgets’. I felt, I have lost all the rest of the things in the same exponential manner to which gadgets have grown.
While driving back home the typical question “Am I doing the right thing?” came to my mind. I have never been able to justify. Aren’t these facts real and heavy enough to hit me hard on my face to make me that something terribly wrong is happening? Or am I to wait further.
In a typical project if a manger sees these kinds of sign, he would clearly stop the current approach and look for alternatives. So what is preventing me, the world and it’s leaders from doing so?

Free Spirit means more Brain

I have always loved watching movies where people climb mountains, ride bikes cross country, go globetrotting or deep diving in the open ocean. To name a few are– Touching the Void, The World’s Fastest Indian, Motorcycle Diaries etc. Very recently I happened to watch the movie “One Week” where this guy has a month to live because he has a deadly cancer. Then all of a sudden he decides to ride a bike to the Pacific coast. Importantly - he goes ahead to do whatever he always wanted to do. Most of you who have watched and loved such movies know how much of our emotion kicks in while watching them. During the course of the movie you start thinking about a similar feat that you always wanted to achieve even if you are not suffering with cancer. Your mind runs across all the adventurous journeys you always wanted to do. By the time the move reaches its climax, you would have selected the location. The crucial stage is when the movie gets over. At this point of time if were able to pack our bag and leave then the chances of achieving your destiny is 90%. If you get down to planning, the chances are 30%. If your mom or wife (did not mean a gender bias) happen to see your plan then chances become less than 3%. All in all, only a handful amongst us would ultimately utilize the opportunity to go out of their usual ways to satisfy their soul. For others who did not utilize the opportunity created by the chemical secretion of the glands while watching the movie would simply end up writing a good review on rotten tomato or facebook a.k.a. back to routine life (includes me). There were a number of questions in my head.
Why do people want to take such quest? What are the limiting factors? What does one gain or lose from it? Do other living beings do that too? Why only some of us?
The answer I believe lies in the huge thinking brain inside our head - the ultimate source. The position human’s enjoy in this world is all because of the grey matter. We do know that almost all living creature have a ‘routine’ throughout their life. One pig will do the same thing as another, so is the donkey and so is the majority of humanity (with a slight standard deviation). In our routine life we do everything that is possible. There is also a book of rules which distinguishes the good from the bad. But for the human brain to remain ultimate it needs not just to work, but work hard. The brain of individuals who seek out is like a corporation which always has to find the best solution. The rest of the people and other living beings are like the regular local business which does noting innovative and live life by the book. The position that human race enjoys is because few among us have broken the boundaries of routine life. It is because these men and women have made attempts to know what is impossible and what is not, they have tried to experience things themselves and then characterize it as good or bad. They are like the corporations who have dared to do something new across various fields. There might be stories of success and failure alike, but the quest never dies.
So if one loves the world of change and challenges and want to fully utilize the opportunity of being a human being – occasionally do step outside the book of rules and do whatever your ‘brain’ wants you to do. It’s Natural.
STATUARY WARNING: Try and avoid harming others in the process (Source: Book of Rules) 