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LIFE NOW A DAYS
In the morning I was thinking that what life is now a day. We don't have time for anything. It feels that time is flying and at the end of day we start preparing ourselves for another busy day. Perhaps W.H.Davies has correctly said,
A POOR LIFE THIS, IF FULL OF CARE,
WE HAVE NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE.
Yes W.H.Davies is right, our lives are full of worries and we spend most of our time in thinking about the unseen future. Why is this? Why we are worrying about unseen thing? This worry is destroying our present .We should prepare for future but in a positive manner.
Why we have became short tempered? When I am on road majority of the people are driving fast, everyone wants to reach his or her of destination fast. No one is willing to listen horn .If horn is given to someone, the person started to lose temper. Is it true? Why we are like this? It is because of uncertainty in our surroundings.
Nature has always given peace to mankind but I don't know when I have last seen the sky completely. Now days when I try to look at the sky, there are building, electricity polls and theirs wires also in my view. We only clean our homes and throws garbage outside, believing that its government responsibilities to clean it. War of terrorism has also badly damaged our country's natural beauty.
My mother says that in past social interaction was strong. People care about each other and visit each other on Eid and on special occasions. There was beautiful custom of giving "Cards" and "Writing Letters" but now these practices are dying and now sms and social networking sites are taking their places.
Now a day's fast food is a status symbol but we have forgot that our cultural food has more variety, taste and it is healthier. We have left milk, milk products and start running after soft drinks. Kids now a day's don't prefer to eat homemade food, they are more interested in fast food. Majority youth believes that desi food is "uncool" to eat and love to hang out with their friends in fast food restaurant or make a home delivery
Life now a day is a race to prove that we are better than others in every aspect without looking into their pockets. This race is present in all classes of society. Mobile also became a status symbol, buying of new model mobile and reselling of one old one is a common practice.
It is always said that things are for use and people are for love but now a days it is opposite. Things are loved and people are used and it is the key element of increasing of crime. People always look towards who are better than them but they never thought that they are better from thousands.
Some people think that there is no need of books, internet is there, but it is a fact that such people use internet for entertainment. World has became a global village but it is fact that quality books are not free on internet. It is just an impression .In reality when we are visiting a free website we are paying for it in pennies.
Our libraries are empty. Empty, from students and from books. Years back once my mother went public library in LAWRANCE PARK at MALL ROAD to donate some books to library and the Liberian showed my mother a cupboard of books full of dirt and said
"NO BODY HAS TOUCHED THESE BOOKS FOR YEARS . WHATS THE USE!"
Our standard of entertainment is also coming down. People love to watch CHEAP STAGE DRAMA AND DANCES. It don't stop here, people uses their CHEAP JOKES in their day to day life. These drama and dances CDs are also available on cheap prices. Can anyone tell me is this our "ART AND CULTURE"?
If we look towards TV channels there is a commercial battle and programs are less. Now coming towards news and political discuss programs. If a pin drop it is a "BREAKING NEWS". Repeating one news again and again with different words is "NEWS UPDATES". Honestly telling you I really enjoy when politicians are fighting. I think this is the best entertainment now a day.
Depression and tension are commonly heard words now a day. If we look from medical point of view tension and depression are disease and they are treatable but in our society these words are used by some people as status symbol. They happily tell others that they are depress. As for those people who are really facing it I would like to say to them that however mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names.
Havelock Ellis says
"To live remain an art which everyone must learn,
And which no one can teach."
So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. In life you find that one of the most desirable qualities you can find in a person is flexibility. The ability to change with changing times, to face adversity with the same attitude one would have in facing victory.
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
Modern inventions has also increase differences between people .In past people in evening used to sit together, discuss their problems and had quality time with each other but nowadays each family member has different interest ,one want to watch TV other is busy on computer. Hardly a family sits and spend time with each other. Strange people living under one roof don't have time for each other.
One sentence, half in URDU and half in ENGLISH, this also shows how modern we are and we know ENGLISH but it also shows how much we know ENGLISH. Who cares for that? Two or three words in ENGLISH make good impression. I think world should learn from us.
Now let's talk about government, we are always saying that the government is doing this and that. These acts of government are bad or good but stop here for a moment and think on the following point.
Aristotle says
"STATE IS THE MAGIFIED IMAGE OF INDIVIDUALS"
I believe that person ordinary intelligentsia will understand what I want to say.
We don't have time to stand and think where we are going, what we are doing. I believe that we all should try to change the course of life. One true effect can make big difference. Change will start, when a person try to change himself, not others. This world cannot become utopia but effort s can be made. In the end I would like to add these beautiful words by
Hazrat ALI ( Karam Allah Wajhu )says,
"Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you
