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بات تو صرف اتنی سے ہے کوئی اس روتے دل کو, لگا لے گلے، درد کے بہانے یہ اشک بہائے جاتے ہیں لیکن کوئی آ کر، دھڑکتے دل کو سمجھے جائ |
It has been more than 12 years since I began this blog. A lot has happened in these years, but one thing that has remained constant is my love for satire. The tagline of this ol' blog still rings true to me today: "When life gives you lemons, it's time to make lemonade." During my time away from blogging, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the youth in land of the pure, where I hail from. It seems like there may be no child in Pakistan who has lived a normal childhood, at least not in recent times. Our society is plagued with insecurity and stress, and it's hard to imagine a childhood without those things. As we grow older, the insecurities and stresses of our youth stay with us. As we grow old, we face rejections, breakups, and heartbreaks. We may find ourselves at the low point of our professional lives, struggling to keep our heads above water. And in those moments, it can be hard to summon the courage to save a relationship that means everything to us.
I have been there. I have hurt people I loved because I was too caught up in my own insecurities and stresses to see what was in front of me. And by the time I realized what I had done, it was often too late. But here's the thing: even in the darkest moments of our lives, there is still hope. There is still the possibility of finding happiness, of making something good out of the lemons that life has handed us. In my own life, I've learned that it's important to take stock of the good things that have happened, even when it feels like everything is falling apart. I think back to the good times with the people I've loved, and those memories give me the strength to keep going.
So if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to remember that there is still hope. There are good things in your life, even if it feels like they're hard to see right now. And most importantly, there are people who love you, whether they are in your life no more, and who want to see you succeed and be happy. It's easy to get bogged down in negativity and despair, but it's important to remember that we can choose how we respond to the challenges that come our way. We can choose to be hopeful, to be positive, to find joy in the small things.
In the end, life is what we make of it. We can choose to focus on the bad, or we can choose to focus on the good. And even when life hands us lemons, we can still make something sweet out of them. So here's to the good times, to the memories that stay with us even when everything else has faded away. Here's to the people who have loved us, and the people who still do. And here's to the future, whatever it may hold.
It's been a pleasure writing for you again, and I hope when you reading this, that this post has brought a smile to your face. Remember: when life gives you lemons, it's time to make lemonade.
Yours truly,
The Lad from the City of Saints
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