Raising to the occasion

I was hearing tamil song 'ஒருவன் ஒருவன் முதலாளி' from Muthu featuring Superstar Rajni Kanth in lead role. The song was full of facts which ticks off our wisdom. And one line which stood out was 'வாழச் சொல்லுது இயற்கையடா வாழ்வில் துன்பம் செயற்கையடா'. To translate in english lyrics states that happiness in natural and sadness is artificially man made creation.

If you look deeper most of the time sadness is result of someone's ignorance and associated greed, who fails to realize that his greed whose repercussion has to be felt even by last mile person distantly linked in the chain. One of the most hidden fact when some unwelcome incident occurs is that only the person who resulted in the damage is held responsible but fact of the matter is that there will always be one person who is aware of such incident about to happen but absolves from his responsibility from preventing the same due to various reasons adding more fuel to the fire.  

'Raising to the occasion' is preventing most of the mayhem in the world orchestrated by the vulgar think tanks. When an anti-social element crosses the limits police has to raise to the occasion, when a terrorist cross the limits Army has to raise to the occasion and when a government crosses the limits opposition has to raise to the occasion. 

Raising to the occasion is a double edged sword, wherein one who raises to occasion has to do it with purest intentions as he is exposing himself to strongest version of rebuke from against whom he is waging the lonely war. So next time when you hear a news that a major mishap has been averted thank that soul which rose to the occasion amidst the most insecure environment.