When I was growing up, my father said something to me I will never forget, "Son when you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die the world cries while you rejoice". We live in an age when we have forgotten what life is all about. We can easily put a person on the Moon, but we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour. We can fire a missile across the world with pinpoint accuracy, but we have trouble keeping a date with our children to go to the library. We have e-mail, fax machines and digital phones so that we can stay connected and yet we live in a time where human beings have never been less connected. We have lost touch with our humanity. We have lost touch with our purpose. We have lost sight of the things that matter the most.

Select the correct answer from the options given below and complete the sentence.

"But we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour," indicates our___.

busy life

The correct answer is Option (2) → indifferent attitude

The sentence “But we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour” highlights how people have become emotionally distant and indifferent to forming real human connections, even with those nearby. It does not imply laziness, busyness, or hatred — rather, a lack of interest or concern for others, which reflects the overall theme of the passage about losing touch with our humanity.