The world is a place, that greatly lacks understanding. Intolerance floods the minds of almost every individual and the world is slowly becoming a dark and lowly place. unfortunately new ideas are aborted before they are born into this world, and for the most part, the freedom to think freely is more a liability than the asset that it ought to be. Perhaps, the reason for every trouble in the world is that the world itself is not really doing what it ought to do, and unlike most other problems this is one that roots itself in the home.
In the households of today, particularly those in Pakistan and for a large part those in the East in general are following a pattern of inbred ideas where nothing new ever seems to be developed. It’s like the guy outside the party who could come in to make it so much better if given the chance no one wants him to get. I suppose that’s why Pakistan is still lacking all that it does today. If we look into anything new, ideas are born when people are able to think outside the box. Thinking inside a closed jar of brain matter won’t really do anyone any good. that is what needs to be changed.
Pakistani’s in their own right are very arrogant in general, and find it hard to accept that like any other human, they can at times be wrong. if we as a nation could accept that there are times when like anyone else we can be mistaken, a new tree of knowledge could be born that might give us the new perspective that we need. selectively weeding out free thinkers is all that keeps Pakistan from unlocking it’s true potential.
By no means though am i suggesting that we ought to forget every cultural value instilled in us. after all those are what make us who we are. what i am strongly urging though is that, with the changing world, a little communication between the liberals and the conservatives might just lead to the brighter tomorrow that we all are hoping for. maybe, if we actually listened to the newer generations, and took heed of the world view they have, Pakistan might just be in the limelight like it ought to be at all the time. Alas, at this point, this seems like a foolishly Utopian dream.
Everyone follows that path that their own intuition and ideals deem right. i suppose that is why vanity is such a cruel attribute in the human character. We always tend to believe that the only right way of doing things is the way we do them. Take the Jamah-e-Hafza incident from a few years ago. The arguments that it’s women championed weren’t exactly wrong, but their actions were far from ethical and miles from the religious values they seemed to so staunchly follow. We could learn from them, or being as vain as we are, we could fail and then learn from ourselves. It’s just that time is running out.
Despite our failures, the world we live in has been very forgiving, but to any careful mind a good question is, for how long? If we do not learn to handle our own mess, or better, learn to not create that mess, and soon, we are in for a rude awakening. We will lose ourselves to everyone, if we do not stop bickering and act on what unites us. If you really look hard enough, you’ll notice how much of that there really is. Let there be light!
