Agree

 

Mazboot aasaab

 Kehte hain:

"Agar aap restaurant main jaa ker akele khana kha sakte hain, ya cinema main jaa ker akele film dekh sakte hain to aap bohat masboot aasaab ke maalik hain - aur zindagi main bohat kuch akele ker sakte hain"

A remarkable quote

*My favourite quote to tease my atheist friends :)

 

preconceived notion

 Humans are strange. If we have a preconceived notion, we can't see self-evident things.

A month ago we had a mild storm in our city. We were unlucky to have a tree fall on the electricity grid. We, all in the neighborhood, thought it would take 4-5 days before power gets restored. Similar were the announcements from local city councilors and leaders.

Two days later, when I woke up, the TV screen was on with messages like Wifi=disabled, portal=off, etc.

I was sitting on the sofa in front of the TV screen, still thinking power was out, as my brain already believed that it would take at least a couple more days for power to be restored.

It took me 30 minutes to realize that if the TV screen is on with all such messages, my Wi-Fi signal on my iPhone is visible, then the power should be back. Indeed it was. 

Preconceived notions and beliefs turn human minds very blind to apparent things.

*

A diary of a recovered alcoholic

Shared by a close friend.

Four months back, my wife kicked me out of the house after she could not take my habit of binge alcohol drinking. I could not drive far and ended up in a low-level motel. My grown-up kids freaked out, and both came home to check on the situation. I'm not sure what I did at the motel under the influence of alcohol. I just recall doing inappropriate stuff, which could have taken my social prestige. As I recovered to soberness in a couple of days, I made the decision in my heart to quit alcohol cold turkey. I decided not to go to rehab as I didn't want anyone to know my closet's skeleton. The next three months were not easy. It was a roller-coaster. With the help of my wife, a lot of reading on addictions, exercise, good healthy nutrition, vitamins, and keeping myself occupied with work made me recover. 

Great, Right? - not entirely

I don't think I will ever touch alcohol again as now I fully understand the evils and price of alcoholism - but there is a caveat. I should say that there was something very unique in those moments when I was thoroughly messed up, taken over, and deep under the influence of alcohol, which made me happy! I was willing to give up anything for that part of psychological peace!! I can very much see why many people go back to alcohol again and again. There is something profound inside the core of alcoholism that makes you surrender yourself entirely to yourself!!! A sense of liberation and freedom from everything. Don't take me wrong. I am just sharing a truthful evaluation of myself. You may call it a diary of a (recovered) alcoholic.

I guess this is true for any addiction.

Ilm, Tarbiat, Tarze amal, aur danishmandi

 

Immigration

 ( A friend commented in a group discussion)

"Immigration is a painful process. Some of us who experience immigration respond to it with nostalgia and a desire to undo it. Nostalgic people wanna go back only if it becomes what they want it to be. Many respond to this pain by employing denial. There can be no normal/happy medium to it. Immigration is pathogenic; it’s a huge disconnect with the language that we are made of. The USA is the object of desire generated in the parent country and becomes meaningless when the desire is fulfilled. Ajeeeb o ghareeb beemari hai."

Dil!

 

A dark side of Ecosystem

 

Zameeni aur Aasmani

مُشکلیں زمینی تھیں 

 مسئلے زمانی تھے

اور جو صحیفے تھے 

 

 سارے آسمانی تھے

Yes Sir!

 Everything hangs on that one moment when you get asked: 

Are you ready to get this bestowed on you? 

And you reply with a full heart:

“Yes, Sir!”

A way to say Thank you

 I bumped into one of our senior hospital cardiac surgeons in a corridor of a building far from the cardiothoracic venue.

"Sir! What are you doing here?"

He responded, "I came to donate blood. Whenever something goes right, or something good happens in my life, I donate a pint of blood. It's my way of saying thank you to the All-mighty."

"Interesting. How often do you donate?"

"every 3 months on average."

"wow! What a unique way to be thankful".

Litmus test as being well-traveled

It is said that:

"Once you touch the threshold of at least 20 countries in at least five continents, consider yourself as well traveled."

Choosing Profession

 A sensible advice:

"Do what you like to do - and find someone to pay for it"!

Khayyam says

 از آبِ عدم تُخمِ مِرا کاشتہ اند

‏واز آتشِ غم روحِ مَن افراشتہ اند

سرگشتہ چو باد دمبدم گردِ جہان

‏تاخاکِ مَن از چہ جائی برداشتہ اند

‏ 

عدم کے پانی سے میرا بیج بویا گیا۔اور غم کی آگ سے میری رُوح بنائی گئی۔

‏ مَیں دُنیا مِیں ہَوا کی طرح سرگرداں پِھر رھا ھُوں۔معلوم نہیں کہ میری خاک کہاں سے لائی گئی ھے۔

‏(مطلب یہ کہ انسان کا خمیر معلوم نہیں کہ کس مٹی سے بنایا گیا ھے کہ اُسے ایکدم آرام نہیں۔چند روزہ زِندگی ھے اور وہ بھی غم مِیں گُزرتی ھے۔گویا آدمی غم و عدم کا مجموعہ ھے۔)

‏ (عُمر خیام)

On Science

 

Why?

 Why do so many educated and relatively successful people commit suicide?

Human psychology, emotions, and rationalizations are the hardest things to understand. I doubt any science explains it.

I was disturbed by this news:

"J. Michael Cline, the founder of movie ticket company Fandango, fell to his death from a New York City hotel Tuesday, a law enforcement official confirmed to CNN. The New York Police Department said that around 10 am on Tuesday, the 64-year-old was found with injuries indicating he fell from an elevated height from The Kimberly Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel in midtown Manhattan. Investigators believe he jumped from the 20th floor of the hotel. He was declared dead soon after by emergency medical services."

He was a Harvard MBA graduate who founded many companies.

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/business/fandango-founder-death/index.html

Monkeys vs Humans

 

The worst agony

 کہتے ہیں کہ کسی زبان میں وہ لفظ نہیں ہے جو اس سانحے کے بعد بننے والی کیفیت کو دیا جاتا ہے 

 

والدین ختم ہوجائیں تو یتیم  

 شوہر نہ رہیں تو بیوہ 

 اولاد نہ رہے تو کوئی لفظ ایسا نہیں جو اس حالت کو بیان کرے ۔ 

خدا کسی دشمن کو بھی اولاد کا غم نہ دے آمین  

Future? Humanoids?