Life - In my view

One fine evening I am sitting with my brother and cousin and we were having a chat in the living room, then comes my nephew who is around 3 years old showing us his school bag as the next morning he will start attending his pre-schooling. While we were adoring the moment of my nephew’s interest for going to school tomorrow my brother intervene and says that this is his last day of joy and tomorrow’s dawn bring him something which he will have to face throughout his entire life and that is “Struggle”.


I was sitting next to my brother and his words strikes in my mind and I suddenly start thinking is it really true that this 3 year old boy has no life left from tomorrow on-wards as he first needs to study hard to get admitted in high school and then have to study even more harder to attain professional recognizable education, then finding a good job then marriage then children’s and then their needs, then car and house, then big car and big house and so on as the list has no full stop in it till the struggler dies in pursuit of achieving these self-created milestones.

I don’t want to agree more but this is actually what the bitter truth is, people actually caught up in the race of being successful and being successful means being rich nowadays. Is this the purpose of life? Is there no life without a million bucks in account? Is life ends without a car and a luxury bungalow?

Analyzing the fact, it seems like that acquiring wealth has now turn out to be the purpose of life and to accomplish this purpose one’s puts all his time, efforts and energy towards this direction thus automatically leaving everything behind, families, friends, love ones, values, conscience and many other things of emotional importance which actually brings happiness in one’s life. Is it really required? Let’s say if one achieved that purpose then what? Has he able to celebrate this happiness with his parent who were old at the time when he starts his struggle for being rich? Has he shared this happiness with his relatives or loved ones whom he left behind? Has he able to buy that time when his children requires him most? Definitely NOT, wealth can never be the alternative of happiness like smile of parents, love of family, children’s association and so on.

I can say it confidently that wealth have some importance in life but is definitely not one could die chasing, this is not the purpose of life. I rather prefer spending quality time with family and friends instead of making fortunes – these times are priceless and makes me happy. It’s not very difficult to understand that happiness is a choice, yet so many of us are unhappy all the times because we often choose something else over happiness.


Remember, we don’t live forever. We must make an effort to appreciate what we have, people who loves and care us, because we’ll never know how much they mean to us until the day they are no longer besides you. Spend lots of quality time with the people you love. Someday you will either regret not doing so, or you will say, “I am glad I did”.

Independence Day

67-years ago, on 14^th of August 1947; Pakistan was came into existence and despite all the hardship and the obstacle, Pakistan grew up to be a pillar of strength for everyone. Recently, I heard many people’s says that Pakistan is not a safe place to live, Life isn’t secure here. Do you think that “life was secure” back then when our grandparents sacrificed their lives and loved ones? Do you think they thought it was safe when every other Muslim was to be targeted and killed? No, but they did this for us so that we could have our own country, our own nation.

Do we really forget the famous speech by Muhammad Ali Jinnah on Oct 30, 1947 at the Mammoth rally, Lahore “ Freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice. We are in the midst of unparalleled difficulties and untold sufferings; we have been through dark days of apprehension and anguish; but I can say with confidence that with courage and self-reliance and by the Grace of God we shall emerge triumphant.”

I understand that we are once again facing uncertainties in the country and it is fairly common to get worried about it but escaping is not the solution. We will have to exterminate our differences and act as a untie nation as together is the only way we can only safe our motherland.

I must say without a shadow of doubt the we Pakistani’s are still bleeding GREEN, we might get distracted but adrenaline still kicks in when we see our flag up in the air. This nation is a living example of what survival really is. We burn daily but we don’t burn into ashes! We simply be the light.

So this day, on the 14^th of August, let us take an oath that we all turn into ONE and together we celebrate! We unite! We conquer! We scream! We shout! We simply be us, be Pakistani. Let our ancestors sees from the skies above that this nation is in veracious hands.