Common People

                                  Life changes every minute.. You lose friends.. You gains friends..you realize your friends wasn’t ever rally your friend and the person you used to hate can make a really good friend… you look for love… you find love.. You lose love. You realize all along that you have been loved..you lough..you cry..you lough so hard that you cry..you do this..you do that..you really wish hadnot done that..you then learn from that and you are lad that you did .. You love your ups.. you love your downs..you see good movies..you see bad movies..you wonder if your life is just a big movie..you look at others and wish you were them..you then realize who they are and glad you are you.. you life..you hate life.. in the end you just find yourself happy to be living life no matter whats being thrown at you ..

                                 We may not be able to change what we have done in the past…. but we can change what will happen in the future.  Sometimes life stuck at a point. it seems like there is no way of exit. All your intelligence, rules, regulations and plans become meaningless. You want to stop the life at that moment but it never stops. It just keeps on going the way it goes. I don’t know why we feel such helpless. The more you think the more you get confused.

                                  Basically, we the common people have always fear of losing something or someone. This fear of losing some one always forbade us from taking quick decisions. We never lived for ourselves as all the way in life we care about others; those other may be our partners, relatives, siblings, friends or anyone who once we met in life.

                                Everyone have to take some hard decision sooner or later. Sometimes it becomes so hard to take some decisions and then defend it to ourselves. Live became too hard to spend, still we have t go with what we have in our hands. Life never ends for someone as it keep on going but somewhere in our personality, inside our self something remain undefined  and missing throughout our life. To be very honest no words, no satisfaction and no care can withhold this situation. No matter how much we tried we are unable to justify our decisions.

Whenever we are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging our relationship and deepening it.

That factor is CARE... and sometimes we need to take tough decisions just to prove, “I care You a lot...”

I have nothing more than that to say…

مہینہ کوئی بھی آئے
مہینہ کوئی بھی جائے
کسی موسم کسی رت کی تمنا اب نہیں باقی
وہ سارے موسموں کے ساتھ بستا ہے مرے اندر

Teacher Forever

Teacher Forever

By Fakhruddin
(This story is Published in UNESCO 100 BEST STORIES of the year 2009-10)

                                 One meets many people on the journey of life….all speaking different languages…people that one can learn a lot from…people whose memories become an important asset of one's life…whose imprints blur with the passage of time….and there are some such special people whose words…whose character is deeply set in our minds…who become role models for us. Memories associated with them become the light of beacon for us.

                             One such character has been there in my life too, someone whose love, labor and hard work has brought me to the point where I am today; this is something that I myself, my parents and my respected teacher Sir Asmatullah had dreamt of. I still remember distinctly…that timid little boy in class seventh….who had a strange fear inside of him…the fear of making a mistake….that if I say something wrong…everyone will laugh….If I ask a silly question…what will people say?...That boy wanted to go up on stage…he wanted that he should address people…that people should clap and applaud him….but in spite of desiring all this….he wasn't able to do anything….and then when day to their class came a new teacher…young, determined, nurturing and hardworking…he had a strange kind of magnetic charm …a charm that pulled everyone towards him…that teacher directed his very first question to this boy….and that boy, even though he knew the answer, and wanted to speak, was unable to answer it, this was my first encounter with Sir Asmat.

                                Sir Asmat's microscopic vision had spotted that restless boy lurking inside of me…the boy who had something to say….who wanted to mingle with people…who wanted to view life from that point, which one can access only after continued hard work….he started to pay me special attention…he started offering free tuition to me and to three other students like myself… he taught us …how one is to live in society…he initiated not just academic but also co-curricular activities for us… he protected us from the ravishes of time.. and thus our relationship deepened over time…my uncle and older cousins raised some objections saying why I should be spending this much time with him…that this Sir Asmat will turn me into a good-for nothing… and then I heard Sir Asmat say that ..such is the tragedy of our society….and with this we have to survive….I will never forget the day…when my matric result was announced….and I secured first class first position…that day I had seen an inexplicable sense of peace on Sir Ismat's face that day…the sense of having attained something…the sense of reaching the first milestone of his destination…he gave me fifty rupees cash and a pen…and he wrote on a piece of paper 'I feel proud' (which is Fakhar in Urdu, thus punning on my name) ..that paper is still safe with me…and is a source of the constant renewal of my enthusiasm and passion.

                           Whatever direction I took in life, his sincerity and passionate commitment was there to encourage me…at every difficult moment he said… 'Fakhar, I know you can do this'…and these words of his imbibe me with a new life and strength. It was because of Sir Ismat's love and nurturing that I was able to achieve significant success in all-Pakistan-speech competitions, in essay writing and Urdu poetry at the university level. Seeing all my trophies would bring a new glint in his eyes…this would further encourage me…once he said pointing to my shields and certificates….'You know what! All these are mine…seeing them fills me with a sense of peace, knowing that I have at least tried to fulfill my role in society. 

                         I learnt from my teacher to spread little joys among people..teach poor and deserving students for free…value your parents…and always have faith in yourself…  success  will always be yours…I want to be of service…I want to return all that to society…that came my way from Sir Asmat… I want to follow in his footsteps….he , who gave an identity to a timid little boy…even today Sir Asmat is like a shady tree for me, a tree in whose shade I can forget all the hatred, misgivings and bitterness of the world, even if it be for a short while…my pen can never encompass the gifts I have received from him…but my mind can surely follow his path and bring forth the new day.

The one who is in my vision and my mind

My being at my zenith is but proof of his excellence

If the entire city gathers to see you

That is but a miracle of your matchless magnificence

A new light is aglow in thine heart,

O Fakhar

What hue is this in your philosophic

thought's essence

The author is a lecturer at the Department

of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gomal

University, Dera Ismail Khan

Searching My self

People say why I am traveling too much they think that I am just wasting their time. I usually don’t respond for these kinds of questions but to me traveling is like my best friend. It is a kind of search for myself where ever I get a good moment to see I get myself. It always compels me appreciating the beauty of life.

 It reminds me the existence and importance of happy moments in our life. It also make me always appreciate the Creator the ALLAAH , the most merciful and mighty who created this universe for the benefit of human beings. When I look at the mountains, their green scenery the ravishing flowers, the awesome fall, the cold winter winds, the colorful springs, the wide sea and their tide with heavy waves  I just think how Stronger the Creator of all things will be, It made me think always , How charming and loving my life and this world is .

When I look at the man’s achievement in technology for making life easy and delightful I appreciate the human being and it always give me courage at every step of my life that we can do everything, everything we wish but the only thing is our commitment and dedication.

For me, travelling is like finding my soul, yes my soul while always looking for finding something new, exploring the facts of life, studying their behavior of the nature and human beings and the impact of social , cultural and traditional norms and values on individual and social/national level.

Buddhism in Korea

I observed that Buddhism is greatly promoted in Korea these days in every trip you will find visits to temple. Mostly these visits are free of cost especially foreigners are invited for this kind of trips. I don’t know why but not only Korean but foreigners are encouraged to visit temples and see history of Buddhism. There is a tip they offered usually and that is called Temple stay. For foreigner this is free of cost.

 They will let you know about Buddha preaching’s, their life style and their traditional ways of soul therapy. They emphasize on the use of nature for the comfort of human beings and according to their believe that is why temples are located on the top of mountains so that people may be able to explore the nature, have a walk, hiking with fresh breath and most importantly they may have time to get themselves back.

What so ever the reason is but these people are doing great job in spreading their religion, believes and thoughts in systemic way. It is also a fact that both the believers and non-believers travel just for fun and for the sake of wondering around. Mostly they are not concerned with the believes of Buddha. Sometimes to explore the beauty of Korea is their only concerns. It made me think many times who is sponsoring these kind of events and who is paying for such trips. What so ever the reason is, the best thing is that internationals are enjoying such events..:) 

Fear of Expectations

Each Day I’m thankful For
Nights that turned into mornings.
Friends that turned into family.
Dreams that turned into Reality.
and Likes that Turned into LOVE!

There are things in life we don’t want to happen, but have to accept; things we don’t want to know, but have to learn, and people we can’t live without, but have to let go.

I have so many things in my life still to be decided. However some decisions are really very tough to be taken and sometimes they may take your internal peace and concentration. All the way in my life I have been considered as a person who always compromise. Most of the times it worked but sometimes these compromises may ruined my life to some extant. 

Common people like me are always supposed to compromise, sometimes with your family, sometimes with your friends and similarly with many other things like  EXPECTATIONS, and Time  also. Don't Know but this time when I am going to decide about my life It seems quite painful to compromise. Let see what is gonna happen this time.. 

 But I also know that attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference and that's why  I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions and not upon our circumstances.