FOOD FOR THOUGHT
By Lubnah Abdulhalim
There are so many things that we
tend to take for granted in our lives. We live with a free conscious, without
really bothering to consider our actions, our words or our impact on other
people’s lives. Just the other day, a very young girl probably just sixteen or
seventeen was knocked down while alighting from the school bus and had major
injuries and internal bleeding. I’m sure that girl never had even the slightest
idea that she would be in hospital right now or anyone else whom she was
chatting around with or laughing with, just before alighting from the bus. It’s
true none knows what the next moment holds, let alone tomorrow but then we
always act carelessly and speak provokingly. We always assume we are going to
live long enough to be someone’s mother/father or even someone’s grandparents.
We tend to ignore the thought that maybe one day I will be like that small girl
in hospital undergoing chemotherapy or that boy ailing from diabetics or rather
like that mother who had a terrible accident and lost both of her legs. We tend
to think that calamities can’t really happen to us and we watch such, with pity
one minute and the next we are totally in our own reckless life. We watch and
listen to such grieving news like those people are in a totally different
planet from ours and we can’t be victims. We walk out from the house with
sulking faces, just from an argument with our parents or spouses or friends or
neighbours etc…but while walking out from the door, have you ever thought of
‘what if I never come back? What if this is the last time I see them? What if
tomorrow never comes?? Life is too short so live it as if it’s your last!
Respect everyone as you would like to be respected, be kind, be forgiving, be
obedient where necessary and always smile. That way, certainly, you will have
the most pleasant death ever. Don’t postpone what can be done today to
tomorrow. Hold your parents’ hands tonight, tell them how much you love them
and appreciate them in your life. Do the same to your siblings, friends, and
family, however much your differences are. Do it today, don’t wait any longer!
Coz who promised you tomorrow??
