Reaction

Reaction ? we might consider it just a word but it is not . Reaction is the outcome for that approach from which we have perceived an event or how we understand our surrounding . Everyone has different approach towards life , towards traumatic events or towards minor discords. Some may consider a major thing casual while others take a minor thing grievously. All of this depends upon our approach towards ourselves and towards others. This somehow has a direct but camouflaged link with our unconscious fears , our worries and our insecurities of course. People who pretend to be strong , confident apparently may internally take a certain pinch or ticker of something very seriously . In a nut shell it depends upon our vision of ourself and world. So what I believe is all of us needs to be moderate in our conduct it could be either passing a comment on someone or while initiating a fight we do not know how our minor becomes their major . We need to understand the differences in perspectives and the approaches to life and try to minimize the pain of others but treating everyone in a humble manner. And we have to value the approach they had.

-Shafaq-

Solace

There are times when a person is behind the closed doors entirely hopeless and empty inside. Surrounded by insecurities with in self , fear , despair and useless. Unable to concentrate , not pleased by the surroundings , showing diminished interest in daily activities infact blank inside out. This is not something rare each and everyone of us faces it in one way or another. The fears are having strong hold on ourselves and we cannot rationally discriminate that what we are up to or what will be happening to us later on . We are behind the bars we try to communicate our fears to others but in return what we get is a statement “either its too early” or “we over think in wrong direction” . The fears are not irrational at times, person at that particular point of life needs an active listener , the one who says yes there is an alternative to solve all your problems , eradicate all your fears . Yes , there is something we can do to end up your problems . All that person need is your verbal support and you just have to solace that person . That person needs your moral support only . So I suggest you all to be an active listener , listen to all those who want your moral and verbal support believe me it costs nothing but it means everything. Help people when they are doomed , they are low , help them getting out of their fears, their confusions. This is the best chance for everyone of us to do good for someone in need. Help people fighting their fears and during this transient period they will be helped and you will be praised for life.

–SHAFAQ-

Beware of being victimized by …

I mostly do not peak in to the personal lives or spaces of people but the fact which forced me to write was in lieu of ultra modernism people often cross the line called morality . I consider such a behaviour deviant tbh. Gradually enhancing your conduct and presenting you in best form is considerably modest but yelling about things just to grab people’s attention and instead of adopting a moderate approach towards constructive criticism people just brazenly claims that they are rigid and they will be rigid towards negating the values which I believe are of core importance. Just bragging about neo modernism people just neglect the tendencies which are of supreme concern. Several things needs to be addressed here involves that why people are insecure of their true existence , why they have to say they do whatever they want , why they claim that eating specific or wearing specific was their own choice or why they confront these factors in front of people whom they consider has no value or they do not care what they say.

The problem to this type of proclaiming is their inferiorities which are deep down hidden in their memory . Such people post and proclaim just for the instant gratification of their inferiority or lowness which resides inside. So if you are also a victim of your insecurities and the neo modernism, just tell yourself that you do not need to tell people or you just do not need to give justifications for your behaviours and selections if you really consider yourself a person with worth and if you consider yourself really independent otherwise if you proclaim you will be under the influence of the people and you fear to accept it . Beware of being victimized by your own insecurities. Just adopt the approach which allows constructive criticism to be taken as positive and self worth is given importance. Lastly you just do not have to brag about your stuff, your belongings , your preferences be who you are, just do not go with the flow and do not let insecurities cross your way.

-SHAFAQ-

The Race of Town

The wind suddenly rose. He shivered uncontrollably as he stood by the street. He looked above the sky grew darker than before it was all dark and clouds seem to forecast the heavy rain. It was 5pm. People were in the hurry to reach their homes before time. It was mild winters still he was shivering because the air was penetrating into his bones. He holds the basket full of candies and cookies tightly in his hands he merely doesn’t want to lose them because it was his only way of earning. He struggled and slowly walked to the most prominent place of the street. His hands were cold and in that busy street there was no one who could buy a single cookie from him. He had to sell all those items before he could go home in order to escape the torture of his uncle with whom he lives from past 2 years. He didn’t want to go home empty handed and was afraid of sleeping without dinner. He was making calls and attracting everyone towards him but no one bothers to buy a single cookie from him. It was already 6 hours since he left home having 30 cookies and 2 packets of candies. He shook his head of those painful experiences which he cannot forget.
He sat on the stairs at a corner of a shop resting his head with the wall and he closed his eyes he had slideshow that how he lost his both parents in car accident when he was just eight years old. His uncle adopted him and he was happy living with them for few months but then the family got in financial problems and he had to leave his schooling and was considered a bad luck to the family till then he is now 11 years old selling biscuits and cookies from one street to another not caring about summers or winters he had been struggling hard from years.
The tears rolled down his cheeks and he suddenly opened his eyes when the shopkeeper shouted at him and asked him to get out from stairs. It started raining and he paid no attention to hunger pangs and started walking slowly towards the crowd. His hands were numb due to the cold and he had only a tattered cardigan which he was wearing.
“Sir won’t you buy cookie from me? Fawad asked such sentences to the passerby’s one after the other. The people replied in different manner but no one bought a single cookie from him. It was already 5.pm and he was standing there with no money earned. Some of them were curious and some looked at him with suspicion and hatred. Some replied that they are in hurry to get back home.
He thought people are unsympathetic and cruel. He could see people buying stuff worth 1000’s from the shops but they are so miser that they cannot buy cookies worth 25rs from him. He was sad and tears were rolling down from his face and they were just merged with the rain drops. It began to rain more heavily he was looking for shade. His was hopeless yet tensed that he wasn’t able to sell anything that day. He was sitting under a shade of the mosque and was looking people walking and buying things. The rain was now not as heavy as before he could the rainbow on the sky and he was praying to god to bring some good in his life too. He wants to be happy as well like rest of the children of his age.
He felt as if someone has put a hand on his shoulder he suddenly stood up and turned back to look at the person behind. It was a lady tall yet beautiful she asked him how much his cookies and candies cost. He told ‘they are 25rs and a candy for 2rs each’. She was the lady who was watching Fawad sitting hopeless from the other side of the street. She took out 2000 rupees and paid for the cookies and candies. Fawad was surprised. His face suddenly glowed with happiness. His elation increased on the sight of that lady. He was happy that people still holds a kind soul, with the money he had earned. The lady gave him the address of the school as well and made a promise from him to come there and he would get education for free because she is the owner of the local charity school. Thanking her, he took his way home at 6.pm and was happy thinking that the kind souls still exist. He was indeed elated and was happy that he will get a wonderful dinner reaching home.

Utopia – beautiful days ahead

What is the cure of frustration , specifically when you are too stuffed , there is wear n tear going inside you. You cry at the things you lost , you cry on qualities you lack. You are just complexed of things you do not own though your materialistic desires are fulfilled. you pretend to be happy but deep down you are in war with your own self , you just act out humorous and jolly outwardly but inwards you cry out loud with smiling face. You are not even ready to accept the change . You are not adapted to the new surrounding. You just have many regrets, many fears , many insecurities.

Sometimes you want things which is almost impossible for you to get. On some occasions you feel depressed. You are just tired of living a life. This built up steam inside you is needed to vent out but you cannot , because you do not have someone to share what you have to say . You have people around you but people with genuine concerns for you are some where lost in the torrents or simply extinct.

So , the main thing here is patience which is hard to get . Here you are only left with a choice of finding alternatives to vent out your frustration , eliminating the depressive thoughts and reframing your life with constructive thoughts and adding quality to it. By doing this all later you just need to wait and let the storm to pass and for sure there is a beautiful morning ahead. It’ll bring spring in your life and will eliminate your irrational fears and complexes ultimately you’ll be in Utopia.

Recipe for wonderful life

Some times some cute promises just stay with you lifelong you just wonder what you can do for others who are doing for you. It is us who have to strive to make this place earth worth living for. Cultivating humanity ,Harvesting peace and Eating up the chaos is the recipe for an exceptional life.

Do not withhold just liberate what is hidden inside you and let it eat the chaos outside . It is Your conscience which differentiates good or bad. unfortunately we can’t handle chaos alone . But speaking up matters liberating what is inside you matters and it needs to be liberated as as soon as possible. Sometimes you need to stand and speak for yourself while some times for others.

Spread tranquility and sow kindness and reap comradeship.

-Shafaq-

‘Be yourself’

And there comes a time when you stand alone in the crowd. You are like a particle of sand in the desert . You , consider yourself a friendly person, you want to keep all those whom you value together but the others you are valuing do not want you, they do not want your support and at that particular time you have to decide whether you want to live a taken for granted life or you have to stop bothering them.

It is you who have to be strong out of all blues and just do not expect anything from anyone . You are sufficient for your own self. You do not need anyone . Just know yourself and conquer the world. Be yourself , believe in yourself and live in peace.

Minor matters

while wishing for the bouquet we forget the importance of a single red rose. While desiring for stars we don’t bother the gems which we already have . While struggling to achieve unlimited happiness we miss that chunk of happiness which delight us occasionally. While estimating the gains we loose all that we already possess. While being rude to people for years we fail to think of the spark of goodness in them. While aiming to climb the mountain we neglect the beauty of sun going down in the sea at dusk . While thinking of air travels we, at the moment don’t cherish the journey by bus or train. We while thinking of snowfall ignore the bliss of the tiny rain drop and fails to notice the pretty smile of a child singing in rain.

We constantly focus on majors but we fail to recognize that minor matters. We run behind mere illusions and we ignore reality which leads us to go ahead. Our schema is to go for things which are hard to get ignoring the easiest aspects. So focus on the things which makes you happy , which cultivate positivity in you. Follow your major goals but never neglect minors. The greed to get the bunch of grapes, will always keep you away from 2/3 grapes which someone gives you just as a gesture of sharing.

Minor matters , someone’s care for you matters, someone sharing things with you matters , a single rose matters, a single praise matters. In the place where we all are greedy to get big things done don’t ever forget small things brings elation .All the hard times that you face, this is how the life is; Striving to survive . futuristic thoughts are practical but constructive Memories brings strength to succeed further. Thus what matters you the most is happiness and the minors of your life which will ultimately help you to get your majors.

-Shafaq-

Thank you Gene Deitch

Thank you for making our childhood special. Thank you for telling us despite opposing eachother  all the time we should be united against the odds through Tom and jerry.

Thank you for letting us know that how Spinach brings strength and vegetables keeps us healthy through Popeye the sailor man.

Thank you for telling us friendship is not something that will trouble you for terribly long in how to avoid friendships.

Gene Dietch (1924 – 2020).

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