Life

(Tehreem Fatima, islamabad)

Turning the pages of some novel,My eyes just paused on a word "LIFE".Though it is a 4 lettered small word but if we try to understand its meaning even the dictionary doesnt help it! Ahhhh Life..... Where should i take a start from? Bitter realities,Painful truths,Meaningless lives,Heart drenching attitudes,Humuliating actions,Self centered approaches! It doesnt even have an ending! I often wonder and keep on questioning myself again n again that for what purpose are we living? I mean why are we sent to Earth? Have you people ever think about it? I dont think that there is even a single person on Earth today who thinks that way! And why should we? we are so busy spending our meaningless lives that we dont even look at the happenings going around! Today,We are at sucha stage that we dont even have time for our parents. We have become self centered. I mean how can we even afford a single second to waste it on somebody! I feel asahamed thinking ds way! We people have become parasites! Today,Our importances and priorities are totally changed. We prefer mobile phones much more importnat rather I would say that it has become a sacred ritual for us. Mobile phone is the worst thing i have ever seen on this Earth! It has become the main cause for breaking pure and true relations. And ofcourse Internet is just another cause! You people better know whats happening because of these devilish source of connections! We people fail to understand this world! Life is so uncertain so unpredicatable. You blink your eyes and Taddaaaaa.....Surprises! Some maybe pleasant but they can be harsh too,like really harsh. Sometimes,It goes so unkind,so intense severe,breaking you completely,bringing all your hopes and faith down for quite sometime. It hurts you so much. Every bit of this universe is materialistic,selfish,irrespective of the blood or heart to heart relations you have with them! Sometimes you just fail to reckon what you desire for. Love and pain go hand in hand. One day,You'll get sick of saying that everythings allright! People say "What doesnt kill you makes you stronger" Is it true? Well, Pain makes you flinch. Your fingers form a fist which tightens with every indignity you suffered. And with time ,it gets strong,strong enough to break walls. But if you need your fingers for something other than violence,for comforting or caressing someone who cares for you,needs you and so do you but yu can not? Well that kills you! I understand that every person has their own personal problems which does make things miserable for them too. But atleast they have people to vent it on. They get rid of it or atleast lessen it in the form of anger or some might have people to share it with. But when going through problems,why do people forget that everybody has hard times. Without even thinking that the other might be on a more serious state of mind than theirs. Life is one most stuborn teacher you come to encounter with. No matter how hard you try to run away from its lessons,it always has something to teach you. Never lets you to stay in your own happy fantasies. The world you wish to stay in! Bones break, Organs burst,Flesh tears! We can see the flesh,repair the damage, ease the pain. But when life breaks down, when we break down, there's no science, no hard and fast rules . We just have to feel our way through. Nobody is never going to regard you for whatever good you think of them, do for them or what loads of shot you go through just to comfort them. Even if they acknowledge your services or intentions for sometime, they'll forget it afterwards! Sacrifices,Promises,Affections....Abstracts like these are all evacuated from our lives! This life is a tiring journey. It doesn't care for your stamina. It just keeps on going. People come, accompany you and leave. You just cannot find one single person who stays with you throughout! It takes you to the right paths, wrong paths and sometimes you lose where its heading to or has it dropped you somewhere that you weren't ready for, that wasn't where you headed for. All alone. You just think you can make but then you start losing confidence. You look for help. O yes! Everything will be all right! But No. You can not figure out where your feet are taking you to. You crave for help. You Yell. You scream. You keep changing paths. Even paths doesn't know where to take you. They just keep shifting directions. And you get lost, you just can not help but feeling helpless! But sometimes against all logic and experiences, we just hope like children. It is a common belief that positive thinking leads to a happier, healthier life. As children, we are told to smile, be cheerful and put on a happy face. As adults, we are told to look on the bright side, to make lemonade and see glasses as half full. Sometimes reality can get in the way of our ability to act the happy part though. Your hopes can fail, love can cheat, fried can disappoint. Its in these moments when you just want to get real drop the act and be your true sacred unhappy self. There comes a point in your life when you are officially an adult. Suddenly, people expect you to be responsible, serious....A grown u. But do we ever really grow up? Just think about it! After careful consideration and many sleepless nights, here is what I have concluded. We move on, we move out, we move away from our families and from our own. But the basic insecurities, the basic fears all those old wounds just frow up with us. We get bigger, we get taller, we get older. But for the most part, we are still a bunch of kids, running around the playground, trying desperately to fit in. If there is just one piece of advice i can give you is this. When there is something you really want, fight for it! Don't give up, no matter how hopeless it seems! And when you have lost hope, Ask yourself 10 years from now. You are gonna wish you give it just one more shot because the best things in life, They don't come free! Thank you for reading my article.

Tehreem Fatima
About the Author: Tehreem Fatima Read More Articles by Tehreem Fatima: 7 Articles with 5441 viewsCurrently, no details found about the author. If you are the author of this Article, Please update or create your Profile here.