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Wasted moments
It is so easy to let a few hours… A day… Slip by. But when u look back some time in thw future, every one of these wasted idle moments seem such a precious waste, a loss.
I have spent today in travel. Had no meetings this morning so ended up walking a miracle mile by myself. The weather in Hong Kong is quite beautiful today. Did a lot thinking. Tried to figure out wher I am going, and where I could have been.
A strange hopelessness surrounds me when I think of making a difference in the life of my own people. People I feel for so strongly. The country of my birth and origin. In my effort to even change my own street for better, I fear, I will be a great failure. The apathy and inertia of people is too strong.
How do I raise the people to make a difference? To make a change.
Help me God. No doubt you’re all powerful.
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Faisal Qureshi
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Keep thinking, something would come and do it.
Comment by Rakesh — March 21, 2008 #
I’m ever so moved by what you said here Mr. Qureshi. And that’s an understatement.
I totally concur with your vision. The present reality of this country, however, is dismal. I don’t mean to sound like a sadist, because I’m not…I’m just really saddened with the way that some of us preach one thing and practice another.
I’m part of the young generation of Pakistanis and I couldn’t be more upset with the way we’re turning out to be. It’s not that we don’t have strong, wholesome, positive examples to follow - it’s just that we have grown accustomed to victimizing ourselves and focusing on the bad…it’s almost as if we’re stuck in a vortex of some sort. We’re becoming more and more selfish with each passing day…what’s worse is that we’ve lost the will to listen; we hear but we don’t listen. And if we don’t listen, we can never resolve anything. So there you have it - we’ve perpetuated into our lives the destructive mélange of hypocrisy, impatience and ingratitude and we consciously continue to act thus. Not only has this made us insensitive to people’s problems; it has taken away our solidarity.
As ashamed as I am, I still believe hope to exist. The only reason I point a finger at my people and urge them to amend themselves is so that external parties are lost for a reason to.
Comment by Unaiza M — April 19, 2008 #