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It ain't easy!

They say the earth is everyone to share. That we are just temporary residents here, holding fort for the next generation who would preserve it for their descendants.

That we own nothing, do not owe anybody anything, come with nothing and go with the same suit we came with, except with memories, good or bad, a legacy or a nightmare, hailed or cursed in our graves.

That they say that richness handed to us by Mother Nature is for all her children. That there is no country, no borders, we are all one and no religion too!

So when our brethren come a knocking, we should share our daily bread with them. The deep basket of charity would never stay empty.

But then, I realise that life is never so easy. Why do we invest so much in security system to protect our hard earned possessions. Should we not just practise open-door policy in the true sense? Why bother with immigration and border control.The trouble is we have taken pains to improve living standards after going through the mills which we have to maintain. The purpose of our existence is to go one step above the generation before us. Just too bad that some people with their choice of leaders decide to keep them in the backwaters. We are not giving up that easy.

We do not mind if they conform to our pace and our perspective of doing things. What if they come in and take over our system and impose their ideology here. They should come on our terms and leave us do the things we set to do. They came here because they wanted to be part of our success story...

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