Once in a blue moon we'll be inspired by something. But only a few days later we will have forgotten all our carefully planned project. Phir, after living a mediocre life ourself, we WILL make an effort to make sure no one else succeeds either. We will tell them just how and why they should NOT follow their dreams and aspirations.
Who hasn't had a dream to become a great .... (fill in a passion) to be told:
- Isse kamaau ge kya to khauge kya?
- Doctor ya Engineer ban jao, is field mein scope nahin hai!
- Humare khandaan mein yeh kaam nahin karte hain
- Tum ko sirf apni pari hai, apni zimmidariyon ko bhool gai?
- Agar tum ne yeh kya... to mere ghar mein tumhare liye jaga nahin etc. etc. etc.
Ok, I understand all parents, their fears, their aspiration and apprehentions. Because I am a parent too! I did tell my teenage son to study hard so he can have all the facilities life has to offer. But you know what I told him too?
I said: You have to finish at least bachelors, because Allah has given you enough brainpower to do so, but you can choose the field of YOUR liking! Because YOU are the one who's gonna have to study it and then live it every day of your life!
This is a lesson I learned from my father. He always wanted to become an aircraft engineer, and he did just that. In my entire life I haven't seen a day, when he didn't want to go to work! He truly enjoys his job. Soon he will retire, and in his heart secretly he is dreading the day, he will be separated from his beloved aircrafts!
This is the kind of passion and fun I wish for my children! Instead of clipping their wings, Let's be the wind beneath their wings.
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