LIFE STORY

By Mahtab Jabeen

TO MAKE EACH LIFE COUNT

It is the greatest demand of the hour to live in unity and recapture the lost kinship among all of us. Nothing much is needed to be done just for the fact, we consider each and everyone around us are human. Everyone has the right to inhale the amount of oxygen they wish as The Almighty never barred it to some and bestow in abundance to others. All are equal here, and the hereafter. Once absconded from this world, the hereafter would not be es-capable.

“Even the king is under the law”, is the commandment of the Lord.

What exactly are these wars for??

If at all anyone could reply aptly…

The entire life running after some superficial things that turns out to be a mirage once we feel we can own them.

Fantasying about dominating the weaker sect of people; turns out to be more tempting than helping a poor person live a life of content!!

Depriving others of their rights, filling ourselves with that extra portion assuming of winning a battle, but even before one takes pleasure of the extra portion, death seems to knock the door.

Still the war must go on… HUH!!

Great aristocrats and greater intellectuals, if all together could utterly explain the authentic gain from the endless wars that are being fought.

War over possession, war over racism, war over wealth, war over position… and what not more that we cannot name as the grounds of the war!!

If downright, apart from the superficial powers and delusional success one could pen down the genuine achievement.

Just standing against war with a placard cannot stop this massive fallacious activity, working for it, training our hearts to be content and minds to not be greedy and considering each life estimable will surely do.

I don’t stand against war rather I sit with content against every act that drives us inch by inch towards this activity of immense hatred.

Pride is a priceless asset in itself, it isn’t reliant to any worldly asset. It resides within ourselves, pride to not let go our values our principles also our traits. Once certain of never losing the worldly benefits its okay to be boasting about.

The huge buildings, immense wealth, ranking number one in terms of success, cars with technology unrivalled, a body in its best shape and health with its enormous sustainability all are perishable to begin with.

Contingent upon, you can find anything mightier and imperishable please take the pleasure to carry the pride in your pockets as an asset.

Until then lets stay away from hatred that eventually lead to wars, and follow a saying once I heard,

“When God blesses you financially, don’t raise your standard of living, rasie your standard of giving.” – Mark Batterson.