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Peace


There is a little girl I know who recently came to Karachi from her village in Punjab. A wonderful girl with a lovely personality but yesterday she said something in her innocence that just resonated deep within. 

She said, “in Karachi there is so much luxury but no peace and in our village there is no luxury but only peace”. 

The moment I heard these words spoken by her I was awe-struck, I couldn’t believe what I just heard. To hear an eight year old speak so articulately and have such insights on life is a phenomenon in itself.  

So I asked her to elaborate her statement and with all her simplicity she replied, “in our village groceries would end suddenly and then we have to travel many miles before we can find a store but in Karachi everything is easily available.  
In our village we get fresh vegetables right from our garden and play fearlessly outside our home. While in Karachi its all about money, everyone is running after money trying to make ends meet. We can’t play outside our home because we are always afraid”.

Is it true that all of us living in city are not at peace, are we actually running after money? Are we really missing something? 

I believe unless we personally experience what she said we cannot really understand it. The problem with us is that we are born in this chaos, we don’t know anything beside it.

Peace is the common denominator here. Is peace is dependent on the externalities or it has to do with something inside us. Of course places do matter for instance if you visit a holy place you would feel peace but the moment you return to your life discomfort in the form of anxiety, fear or anger also returns. 

So the trick here is to go deep within and find our peace and then places and people shall become secondary.

Finding and maintaining peace will take time, practice and determination but we will get there because that’s the only way out.

I took a break from Iftaari preparations to write this post so now dear ones I need to get back to work...

In peace & love….

Sonya. (Day 335)    

Comments

Naved Ahsan said…
Apparently, yes. Villages are more peacefull only if you visit there for a couple of days. But the innocent kid is unaware of the cruelty and exploitation by landlords in villages. And if there villages are so peacefull, why dont they go back ?? Part of the urban problem is this rural - urban migration.
And did i hear Iftar Preperation??
Since when have you started doing that :) tc
July 31, 2012 at 9:33 PM
Dr. Sonia Syed said…
Point taken....you are absolutely right. Still we need to give the little girl her due for having such depth.

As for Iftar preparation I shall elaborate on that in my new post...
August 1, 2012 at 3:56 PM
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