Sonya Syed

I wish I could gather the strength to say something but the influence of influenza is quite heavy on me hence it is difficult to concentrate on the words. Slight harshness in the throat and you cannot even function properly, and then one thing flows from another. The only desire that you have at such times is to regain your health and strength. The person who said, Health is Wealth, is phenomenal and he is going to have presence till eternity due to his words. When we are in the best of health we take it so lightly as if it is our birthright, but wait for the moment when your body temperature raises few degrees higher. We need to be grateful for every breath, for every healthy organ, for all the perfectly working cells & tissues, for our five senses and the perfectly functioning body systems. Taking a small step in darkness distresses us, we try to quickly reach for light. Imagine living without our eyes for even a day.  So much is given to us, yet so little...

What a week it has been....from the end of the Blessed month of Ramadan, followed by beautiful Eid, to Pakistan’s 66 th birthday on 14 th August. So much has changed yet everything seems to be the same. Sometimes change happen so delicately that even the person going through it is unaware, nevertheless, it is only at a certain moment you realize that something is different. That you are different.... Eid and 14 th August used to be completely different when I was a kid, which is not so long ago by the way. On Eid my friends and I were always committed to give each other greeting cards which used to have most delightful writings and drawings personally done by all of us. To hold something tangible in your hands like a card has a beautiful feeling, its like your own energy gets transferred to the other person. SMS, e-cards and Facebook’s ‘Eid Mubarak to all family & friends’ are no comparison to such personal touches. Not until too long ago I had a rule to ...