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My Two Cents

Allhumdolillah! I am at a much better place since my last post with series of lab tests, utlrasounds, a mammogram and some other really scary tests, and a gut wrenching anxiety of results. I am doing well thankfully everything was clear except low iron levels with vitamin d3 deficiency. These deficiencies are now on their way to recovery. It is worth noting that I have been struggling with intense brain and physical fatigue since 2019 but not a single doctor was able to identify my problem. Once somebody is diagnosed with depression or anxiety then every health issue they complain about is looked from the psychological lenses. Nobody asked me to check iron, vitamin b12 or vitamin d3 deficiencies even my mum who is a dermatologist always assured me that I am fine and this weakness is just a phase.   It was a phase alright, it engulfed almost 8 years of my life pushed back my career and research ambitions.  This is not the case alone with me but there are many people who silentl...

Day 24

Miracle! An early post. Its stupendous to see how life surprise us. When we don’t expect much to happen something shines out of blue to give us joy and pleasure, another inherent miracle of life. Finally I’m out of my gloom and with a bang. Although I still wish to get hold of a magic wand so I would change the face of the world into sheer prosperity and joy for every soul living. One significant lesson that I have learned in 2009 is to always and under ever circumstance watch out and be on guard for the words I speak and the emotions I feel. Because what we have thought or spoken once at some point in our life even for a brief second but with all the sincerity shall always come true; good or bad, negative or positive. My Naani used to invariably remind me that there is a moment in day when whatever we say will come true . I now know that it’s not merely limited to a single moment in a day but this charm extends to the entire day. So speak well, hear well and see well not for your...

Day 23

Italians greeted 2010 by jumping in a river in winter. Australians had the biggest and the grandest fireworks to welcome this New Year. 2010 has come to all Pakistani’s as a year of improbability. This year started as never before with a strike in the major city Karachi followed by the most brutal bombing at a playground in Lucky Murrwat when a huge crowd was enjoying a volleyball match between local teams, killing almost 95 people with many injured. All attempts to remain positive prove to be futile. I have always failed to understand the logic behind this large scale devastation, in ancient times whenever a nation was destroyed the destruction happened once and then there was a new start for the remaining. However, Pakistan has defied all the odds. Although I am not acquainted with any of those who died as a result of terrorism; nevertheless, I can feel their pain their anguish to a certain degree, if not completely. Regardless, of what I try to do to keep myself bus...