Humans OF NSMC
#5Witnessing a lot of violence and social injustice around, always troubles me and it begs me to question about things more complicated and perplexing then my tiny mind can comprehend. In my early college days I was very confused about the concept of existence and about social inclinations and I used to question a lot and I was like a nuisance at times but with time I got to know the stark realities about life. During those days, I received an email from my sister. She was habitual of checking on me from time to time. Today I wanted to share that email with you.it reads as
“ Hello, I hope u have adjusted yourself with the people around you. You might find yourself surrounded by people who are either aristocrats or belonging to fairly unorthodox backgrounds. And it might be bothering you about the social hierarchy But believe me brother at the end of your life the only things matter would be nothing but unwavering believe and faith you have in ALLAH and what u have achieved through it and wisdom u have gain overtime and most importantly the love of your family . So today I am going to share an excerpt from a book I hope you would find it very amusing and loving so here it is
“wisdom, such of it as I possess, does not live in my belly. Wherever it may reside, there is plenty of room still for more of it and there is no chance of there being no room left. If I am so limited in wisdom, how can I pose as a wise man and distribute good advice to others? And so I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not by giving a sermon, but by talking and discussing, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of the truth comes out. I have liked my talks with you and we have discussed many things, but the world is wide and beyond our world lie other wonderful and mysterious worlds, so none of us need ever be bored or imagine, like the very foolish and conceited person whose story Hiuen Tsang has told us, that we have learned everything worth learning and become very wise. And perhaps it is as well that we do not become very wise; for the very wise, if any such there are, must sometimes feel rather sad that there is nothing more to
learn. They must miss the joy of discovery and of learning new things—the great adventure that all of us who care to may have.
I must not therefore sermonize. But what am I to do, then ? A letter can hardly take the place of a talk; at best it is a one-sided affair. So, if I say anything that sounds like good advice do not take it as if it were a bad pill to swallow. Imagine that I have made a suggestion to you for you to think over, as if we really were having a talk.
In history we read of great periods in the life of nations, of great men and women and great deeds performed, and sometimes in our dreams and reveries we imagine ourselves back in those times and doing brave deeds like the heroes and heroines of old. Do you remember how fascinated you were when you first read the story of Jeanne d'Arc, and how your ambition was to be something like her? Ordinary men and women are not usually heroic. They think of their daily bread and butter, of their children, of their household worries and the like. But a time comes when a whole people become full of faith for a great cause, and then even simple, ordinary men and women become heroes, and history becomes stirring and epoch-making. Great leaders have something in them which inspires a whole people and makes them do great deeds. “
Now Abdullah the sole purpose that I want you to convey is that you will have a long way and in mean time you will get to know the world more vividly and explicitly. Meanwhile I want you to be educated which is not bookish knowledge but to have the ability to differentiate between what is wrong and what is right. Because when you say nothing but truth and believe in it, I will stand with you and so will the whole world. May you grow up to be a great young lad. Ameen ‘’
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