Quotes of the Day!

Quotes of the Day!

Heartbreak Warfare

Not to talk in John Mayer songs but I feel like I'm tired of waiting on the world to change. A man and his thirteen year old son were shot dead yesterday, most likely for belonging to a different sect than the majority of Muslims in this foresaken country. Hazaras are dropping like flies; people who are so gentle, kind, amiable, being targeted because of their ethnicity and beliefs... we will turn them, too, into monsters. I can't wrap my mind around it. I know I'm no one to judge, but hey, at least I have that sense. I know that even if I want to skin these people alive and torture them till I see a hint of soul in their eyes, I can't, because that's not my call, it's not my place. But here they are tearing my country to shreds, killing innocent men, women and children, stripping families of loved ones, spreading shrapnel and hatred amongst communities which at the very root of it, are happy.

They're too illiterate to come together, build on love, preach unity, faith & discipline - the three words this nation was founded upon, and instead yearn to take matters into their own, uneducated, crude, hands, eliminating anyone they think is different. These thoughts keep me up at night... how will I raise a family here? Sure, this place has moulded me, the sea breeze is something that has sculpted me and become a part of me, the earth has coloured me and the warm sunshine has made me feel at peace, but really, is this the same Karachi, the same Pakistan that I grew up in? Is this where I'd be comfortable sending my children off to school? Unfortunately... no, I would not. That saddens me, but it's a reality I wish had dawned upon my parents before things got so out of hand... I wish they had skidaddled when they had the chance.

[caption id="attachment_2375" align="aligncenter" width="430"] STOP KILLING![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2376" align="aligncenter" width="430"] Never at peace[/caption]

Quotes of the Day!

Today I'm all about people living in peace and harmony - well I'm like that everyday...but today more so because what I see around me is making me want to gouge my eyes out... I can't believe these people, or their mentality. They are making me increasingly angry. So I have shut the TV off... and decided the only good I can do is try and spread love and peace and bring some semblance of happiness to this world.

Is peace just a fantasy?

I'm seething right now. Like I can't begin to tell you the intensity of the feelings bubbling within me, making my blood bubble and boil, if I was an animation there would be steam coming out of my ears and fire in each breath! The reason for this sheer rage? I'm sat on my couch watching these illiterate, frustrated, ruffians burn my country and destroy property, kill lives and loot shops and people without so much as a hint of consciousness. Unfortunately, this is not something that is surprising here, afterall this is Pakistan. We live in fear and apathy. The select few, some 2% of the population, are literate, smart, tolerant and understanding. Everyone else is just trying to make the most of their life, corruption, politics, taking what they can get away with. It makes my heart hurt. And it makes me angry to the extent that I want to run ALL these people over with a tank! Does that make me violent? These pesky hooligans! Do you blame me?

Oh and all this is to PROTEST. What? Oh that we Muslims are WRONGLY accused of being violent. Ok, so you're violently protesting to show you're a peace-loving religion? uhhh...I hate to tell you this but that's not how it's done. They slash WE need to understand and accept that this world is made up of a myriad of people, al who have their opinions and freedom of speech. After all a lot of people may not believe with what we think or may not like our judgement of them. Not that we're anyone to judge. Aren't we only proving them right and disgracing ourselves with this ridiculous behaviour?

Am I just an idealist and a dreamer? Will we never be able to live in peace? I think that literacy and not just knowing your ABC, but actual literacy, a good upbringing, etiquette, learning that comes from going to school and university - about life, not just academics - is what teaches us, for the most part, to live amongst others, other opinions, be tolerant, be understanding, be helpful, solve problems rather than make them. Sure there's always the odd few who are bullies or trouble makers, but for the most part they're outnumbered. What will happen to our world if majority of us are too busy tearing it apart to stop to think how we could live together in harmony? It really saddens me :(

I'm going to have to start an interfaith world peace organisation of likeminded people to try and make things better... and for all the trouble makers... TANKS! *boom*

[caption id="attachment_933" align="aligncenter" width="355"] Why are we killing people who had nothing to do with the film? Why are we rising up against a nation whose government has said they REJECT the film? Do we have nothing better to do? Is this the message we want to send to the world? Is this the state of affairs, the world, we want our children and generations after us to come into? I think not.[/caption]

Something to ponder

So if these guys can live together in harmony... why can't we?

Quotes of the Day!

Buddhism really speaks to me. It works out well as a way of life, teaches respect, kindness and above all love for all creation. It inspires me on a daily basis and it was with this that I embarked upon my A-level art portfolio: Nirvana. For now I bring you quotes… but in my other blog, whenever I find time I will be posting some paintings of that era so long ago.

Live and Let Live...

[caption id="attachment_70" align="aligncenter" width="430"] i LOVE this bumper sticker![/caption]

So I don't want to start any kind of debate here but I find it increasingly difficult to sit and listen to people go off on a tangent that is disrespectful to another point of view be it religious, cultural, sectarian, racist or even political. Sure tolerance means that we listen to what everyone has to say, but then other people need to be vigilant too, of what it is that's coming out their mouths. Do they purposely say things to jab or hurt another party? Are they trying to get a reaction out of them? Will any good come of this? Why can't they just agree to disagree?

Sure, sometimes, curiosity gets the better of me, and I like to read up on, or ask questions about beliefs that vary from my own. After all, what I believe too was taught to me. I wasn't born with that point of view, but I was moulded to see things in that light. I'm open to the possibility that perhaps how I see the world is faulty, maybe another opinion makes more sense. However, for me to learn, I need to keep an open mind, and being defensive about other people saying things otherwise will only make me dogmatic and in a way, illiterate.

I pray to God to give me patience and tolerance so that I can hear everything without being infuriated and without letting it get to me. And I ask God to keep me strong so that I cannot be brainwashed or easily misguided. And most of all I pray to God to surround me with people who, though may challenge my opinions and beliefs, are respectful, and accepting of me as I am.

Life is short... let's coexist in peace and harmony with each other, and learn along the way. Let's laugh and sing and be happy. Let's LIVE.

[caption id="attachment_71" align="aligncenter" width="430"] lack of tolerance is the root cause of all evil?[/caption]