Voice of Common Pakistani !!!

There’s an alternate universe where our alter ego lives. Sometimes this alter ego takes over our true self. We start living our fears. We act out our desires and fantasies. Sometimes we become so engrossed in this fantasized dreamworld that it becomes the real world for us.

We go in deeper and deeper. We sink and we rise. But we become oblivious of our surroundings. We become numb to feelings and sensations. We neglect our bodies. We ignore the effect on people around us. We go against the natural instinct of survival.

We become lost. We are entrapped. We cry for freedom but do not want to be free. We are in quicksand and we go in deeper and deeper. We lose ourselves. Yet we gain nothing. But we’re unable to see the obvious. We’re unable to hear the warnings. We go on. We are afraid to let go. Perhaps we feel safe in the sand glued around us, no matter how it’s sucking us in. Perhaps we’re afraid to get out and feel the fresh air. We are afraid to tread into the unknown.

So we cling to our fantasy world and we try to convince ourselves it’ll last forever. We forget time is not on our side. We forget that everything moves on and if we stand still we will be the ones left behind.

But we do not learn. We keep trying and failing and trying again. In the process we miss several other paths lying open while we keep banging about a dead end. We don’t realize life is not about ends, it’s about beginnings. We don’t realize it’s about doing, not convincing. We don’t realize it’s about accepting rather than imposing. We don’t know how to say no or listen to a no.

The hardest thing in life is quitting. Yes! Quitting while you’re ahead. Quitting while you’re still appreciated. We keep clinging on to the known till it loses all its life and charm. We don’t know how to end on a good note. We don’t know how to let go and move on. We don’t know how to retire as a champion. Being a champion is all about timing. It’s about knowing when to hit and when to retrieve. It’s about accepting defeat with grace.

We read, we hear, we observe – yet we can’t see! We learn, we teach, we preach – yet we don’t apply. We don’t believe! If we believed, we would be the first one to put it to use. But we don’t! We keep waiting. We keep procrastinating. We keep hoping for a miracle to happen. Well, it won’t! Coz we do not believe, neither ourselves nor others. Miracles don’t happen. We make things happen.

But we’d rather stay in our fantasy world…

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