Na milta Gham to barbaadi ke afsaane kahan jaate
Agar duniya chaman hoti, to veeraane kahan jaate
- Naushad,
Amar (1954)
Some people, in this world, just can't be happy. It's like they look for the dull lining in the clouds, and as the saying goes "seek and thee shall find", they seem to be having all the reasons to be sad. Some might say it's a matter of perspective. The glass being half-empty rather than half-full.
A 26 year old girl has the mind of a 3 year old due to post-natal complications.
She can't talk coherently. She is alive. Happy sometimes, sometimes sad. We are happy sometimes, sometimes sad. Do your reasons for being sad seem as huge as they felt before you knew about this girl? Supposing you could turn the clock and have the chance to ignore this post, be totally oblivious of it..Would you still like to read it? Can you be happy even though you know life can be so unfair to others? Can you be sad even though you know how fortunate you are, compared to some?
The glass may seem half-empty sometimes, but we need to fill it up for others. When we do so, somehow it fills up for us too. There are countless others, much less fortunate than you.Don't think about them. If you want to be happy, don't think. Act.
- Arshad Iqbal .A. Shaikh
3rd October,2007.
