Who made him a Thief?

Stealing is the profession of thieves. Why do people lead to stealing? Stealing is also a habit sometimes. Some people have the psychology which makes them tend to steal. We have heard about shop lifting a lot. Even celebrities like Winona Ryder have been booked for shoplifting. I don’t think Winona Ryder did it of some financial crisis. She got tempted to do so. Some shoplifters are psychologically ill but they do not have intentions to steal.

By the way, theft is a universal crime. You have thieves every where. Why does one have to steal and why does the person work to earn money rather than stealing? A thief is not born as a thief, but eventually he becomes one. Circumstances make a person a thief. Financial burdens and money crunch usually compels a person to steal. Some have a habit of stealing. There are people who have a habit of stealing things and selling them off at lowest of price to earn a pocket money. Sometimes boys of well to do families also become thieves. Stealing is more of a psychological issue than a financial issue. Young people start to steal if they do not find any other way of survival. Or probably they steal because they do not want to work and earn like others. Some people do it for entertainment. I knew someone who was from a very well to do established family. The person referred to was an educated boy and was good at studies. One fine day, I heard that he was a thief and the police had taken him into their custody.

Later we came to know that the boy used to steals from others’ homes because he thought it was so adventurous. He said he liked creeping in people’s houses and stealing things. He used to never sell what he used to steal. He used to throw the loot into the river. Sometimes parents also are responsible for their children becoming thieves. The bringing up of the child plays an important role for his future. A person is pampered a lot when he is a kid and suddenly all his supplies are closed by the parents because the child has to now earn his own bread because he is a grown up. In the world of immense competition, it is really difficult to find a job and hence some people become thieves to earn fast. Growing unemployment across the globe is adding up to the number of thieves of the world.

Theft is completely a psychological illness which can be rehabilitated and cured. Sometimes the financial crisis of the home becomes so acute that there is no other way than stealing. These people do not want to work from 9 to 10am sitting in an office. But it is also that the thieves believe in a disciplined life. They keep a watch of every house in the locality and also see what time the house is completely empty and ready for the attack. They do a lot of homework before they break into the house. But we have also noticed that thieves get eventually caught.

Then why do people steal? It is so embarrassing when your theft is caught. It is better to work somewhere sincerely than take to stealing. Stealing is a short cut to earn more in lesser time. But what when you get caught? And it is so unfair to steal someone’s hard earned money. It takes some honesty to earn a little bit of money but at the end of the day you are satisfied that the money was earned by you and not stolen.

Linus Orakles
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