A couple of weeks ago I watched movie The Flash". The hero has a traumatic past. When he was a child his mother was murdered while his father was imprisoned on accusation of the mother.
The hero knows that his father is not the culprit but he was unable to prove that and so no way to get his father out of the prison.
With his ability to time travel, he decides to edit the past and prevent the murder. Consequently, he ends up in a timeline where there is an alternate self of him with his mother alive and the family united.
This alternate self has quite different personality than that of the original character. He is childish and impatient. He has little tolerance for pain. He is easy going, etc etc.
I am discussing the movie to elaborate the fact that our lives' circumstances have a lot to do with who we are. We may desire for an easier alternative life ignoring the contribution of hardships in designing our shinning personality.
Many of us often desire of acquiring the life of someone else, not knowing the struggles they have been through.
The other day, I was listening to a speech. The speaker told that he had met youth across the globe. While he found that the youth of developing nation is in constant struggle but their purpose keeps on energising them. On the other hand, the youngsters in developed nations, with many luxuries at their disposal, are depressed.
Many of us passing through and tired of our struggles might opine that those kids are lucky. We may be envious of them but we cannot understand the mental upheaval they experience.
Over the passage of time, I have learned to be contented with who I am and where I am. I have practiced to see the blessings in disguise so I have no desire to incarnate me into another version.
In the past, I have often wished to be a boy owing to the undue expectations, pressures and barriers the society puts on a lady. Nevertheless, I no longer keep such a desire. Instead of becoming a man I would want to stand up as a strong woman.
However, there are some traits that I wish to develop in me. (~~I don’t know if I would ever be successful in acquiring them~). I wish to be more assertive and courageous.
At several instances in my life I simply had to go through losses because of compliance and inability to raise my voice. So, I think in my circumstances I could be a better personality if I have had these traits.
With regard to my family I would say that I have got the best parents and siblings. There is no point for wanting them to change.
So far as my country is concerned, I love this land a lot. It is one of the most blessed lands on the earth.
Pakistan is a country that keeps enormous natural resources in it. It is the owner of the largest salt mines in the world.
Gold, silver, copper, graphite, marble, limestone, gypsum, chromite, coal, gemstone, iron ore, oil and gas, what not is kept in the womb of this land.
The fertile earth is capable of producing a great variety of food and cash crops.
The land owns the warm waters for which other countries if the region sigh for.
It is situated on a geographical location that makes it strategically important.
Four seasons and various kinds of land features. I can write a long essay on what this land holds. Who would want to quit such a piece on the earth.
The irony is that lately Pakistan has faced such a great brain drain which is still on the go. The reason is the corruption and injustice.
Despite being bestowed with uncountable blessings and resources the region is under the debt of billions of Dollars.
Lack of education, poverty, unemployment, poor administration, poor governance, you name it prevails. Above all, injustice is on its heights.
There is no honour for those who spend their entire lives for the betterment of the country. Those who want to contribute for the progress are crushed by the filth of corruption.
The downfall is continuous and doesn’t seem to stop, but I still want to live in the same land. My hopes haven’t died yet.
However, if reincarnation were possible I would want to born in the Pakistan that is ruled and resided by honest, sincere and hardworking people.
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