During the passionate “adagio”, the ballet dancer is raising his partner, and all of a sudden, at this very moment, his mind “clicks” that he is against the funded pension. He drops his partner on the ground and directs his thumb finger in the same direction. Or, during the surgery, the doctor remembers that he is against Armenia’s joining the Customs Union (me, too), drops the knife, holds a poster in his hands and organizes a “Euromaidan” in the surgical ward.
Or, when obtaining an interview from any official or RPA member, all of a sudden, I remember that my father’s pension is 50 thousand drams, my civic consciousness (the journalist is not a recorder, is it?) will awaken, and instead of asking a question, I will start chanting: “Peter, go away. Paul, come.” Maybe some of the readers or viewers will like it, and they will exclaim, “Hey, well done! What a spirit!” But, first, there is no matter of “spirit” here, as I know that it will not have a serious sequel for me. Secondly, if I do it every day, after 2-3 times, my behavior will not be approved even by warmest fans of the “spirit”.
There is such a notion in the Indian philosophic masterpiece “Bhagavad-Gita”: “Better is one’s own duty, than the duty of another well performed.” Of course, you need to know what is “your duty.” And there are people who do not even realize it during their lifetime. In addition, it is not always that our performed work matches the level of our aspiration. (There are lucky ones, like me, who feel this accordance). But, even if there is no harmony here, it does not mean that the work that you are doing, is not your duty.If you are driving a taxi, you are obliged to take the passenger to the destination (preferably avoiding loading the passenger’s brain with your complaints and political mythology). If you have gathered audience in the hall, you should come out on the stage and play. If the employer has instructed me to obtain an interview, in other word, to find out my interlocutor’s position, I should do it with the capacity of my capabilities. If the patient is on the surgical table, he should be operated on.
After performing the work, you may and often need to come out to the streets with thousands, and millions and demand something. Of course, the strike is a form of struggle. But, in that case, you should warn your passenger, spectators, viewers and others, so that he will not have any expectations from you for the given period of time.
The work culture in our country is not developed. Instead, the culture of grumbling and whimpering is developed.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
