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    Handle with care makes living and non-living's life durable

    Every consumer gives importance to the durability of any product that one purchases. How long the goods can provide service to the customer is what durability suggests. The service provided by breakable or non-breakable items, spoilage of food items or medicines and any other item's shelf life defines its durability. Even every living being comes with an expiry date.

    Even civilisations have crumbled, so it's certainly true that nothing is permanent. The point is not only about the longevity of animate or inanimate beings but also whether they perform their duties properly. Imperfect pieces, ailing humans, or limping animals all try to function while lacking perfection. So, durability, at times, comes with a flaw.

    Human beings are the supreme creation. They lead their lives with two layers: physical and emotional. The physical durability of people and other living entities is in the hands of the Almighty, but their emotional attachment remains everlasting based on an individual's sincerity, love and care. Whenever a relationship lacks genuineness, it crumbles. Similar is the case with pets and animals in a zoo, as they need proper care and love.

    Handle with care adds to the durability of non-living and living beings both. Lifeless things such as utensils, fabrics, furniture, buildings and whatnot need proper care. Without proper maintenance, such products get damaged. On the other hand, human beings, wild animals and pets, plants and trees need proper nurturing, although destiny has a pre-plan for their death.

    Well, people and pets have another side to durability than physical existence. People's emotional relationships with their loved ones and even pets whose attachment to their owners should reciprocate, or else there is emotional death before the physical one. Commitment, selfless attitude, regard, love and care, patience and all the other positive emotions shower joy in any relationship making the attachment durable even after one is physically gone. Marriages are breaking, children are drifting away, friends are parting away, and colleagues are cheating, so relationships are gradually becoming fragile. Such fragility showcases a sorry plight. So, handling with care enhances the durability of the emotion and soul before one dies.

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  • #769266
    The author has considered 'handle with care' approach a must for durability of living as well as non-living entities. This approach basically means that the things would be kept well maintained and in good shape so that they can do the work for which they are designed and manufactured. Similarly the human beings also require sentimental and emotional background in which they can be nurtured in a proper way to live a long and happy life.
    In earlier times handle with care was an integral part of the lives of people because they knew that without that they were not able to survive in this rough and tough world. Today we are living in an age of 'use and throw' where handle with care has got no meaning. Only some elders in the family remind us about that. Due to this change in society humans are actually suffering but they are blaming it on their destiny.

    Knowledge is power.

  • #769271
    Agreed with this 'Handle with Care' approach of the author. Just like the durability of inanimate objects depends upon how we handle them, similarly, a handle-with-care approach with our near & dear ones, friends and others will also result in long-lasting relationships. Quite like durability in commitment.
    Patience and perseverance pays

  • #769283
    The author has handled the durability issues with more clarity providing some examples of enriching them. Handle with care approach is not so easy to maintain unless both the parties are sensitive in this regard. It can be made durable if there are cohesive thoughts from both the sides. The way we are approaching now a days is totally showing the principle - use and throw and they would totally ignore the sensibility an essential constituents for strengthening the human relationships.

  • #769301
    We see this 'Handle with care' phrase on almost all the packages that contain electronic goods, glassware, and other breakable items. Even there will be marking on those packets on which side should be on top. This packing will take care of the safety of the items packed inside. But once the goods reach the destination and are unpacked, the responsibility of handling them with care will be on the user owner, If we take all the care that is required and handle them carefully, the durability will be more.

    The same is the case with human relations also. A friendship will be durable for a long if each of the friends respects the feelings and opinions of the other person. There may be some discussions but they should not become arguments. If all take such care we can remain friends for a lifetime. Any lapse of the same from one side also can break the friendship.

    drrao
    always confident

  • #769308
    Handling things with care has a relation to durability but often we see there are people who handle with care only their belongings and remain careless about the belongings of others. Maybe they are too self-centred and not willing to take care of others. This lack of care for others is affecting us in many ways. Are we becoming too busy to think of others or somehow we remain ingrained from childhood only to look after our own affairs? Be it the environment, human relationships or materials, it seems for many the motto has become 'me and my own little world'. I feel if we can change this 'me' into 'we' we will be able to handle things with more care and make things durable.
    Sankalan

    "Life is easier when you enjoy what you do"


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