There are some things you just know, you dont need to learn them, theyre just who you are.
I was raised among arab kids, africans, people who very different looking than we pakis are. As a child i had very few paki friends, most my friends were africans. They wouldnt bother me, cause i was as rough as they were, but theyd bother my kind. Theyd pass comments at paki kids who wore glasses and were geeky and theyd push them around. I didnt like it. So i pushed their kind, just like they pushed mine. And i did it in front of them, and then looked them in the eye. So then we would fight, my friends and i, until one of us hurt the other more than we’d like to, and they would never do what they did again.
We were young, nobody taught us about justice, or courage, or love, or fair play, or even personal faith. We just knew it, our hearts and instincts defined us. Some of us, in our own capacity, know it to this day, others have changed because it is in their own best interest. Is it?! Is living for yourself really the best thing to do?
13 responses so far ↓
Saad Ibrahim // February 17, 2009 at 8:37 pm
dude you are getting too serious on this blog
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Leena S. // February 18, 2009 at 8:03 am
yea, u actually are becoming too serious.
And no, i dont think living solely for ourselves is the best thing to do but obviously, we need to be a lil selfish at times.
Absar // February 19, 2009 at 10:31 am
I actually like this side of you. Well, that’s not entirely true – I just like you a little better knowing that you do have another side to you
Yes, it is. There was a blog post by a fellow blogger I read a while ago (the blog has been removed, and I can’t find the new location) – it was titled “Live Like Lichens”. And it ended with a beautiful sentiment – live for yourself to live for others.
farooqk // February 19, 2009 at 11:38 am
@saad
im getting old
@kw
i know!
and youre right..
@absar
there’s no need to start gay talking here homie!
your blogger fella sounds like he was contradicting himself!
Absar // February 19, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Why am I not surprised
Found it!
farooqk // February 20, 2009 at 2:44 pm
@absar
because you dont like surprises maybe??
anas // February 21, 2009 at 2:17 pm
yeh kisne likha hai??
farooqk // February 21, 2009 at 2:22 pm
pata nahi!!
Hira S. // February 22, 2009 at 9:23 am
wow farooq- you know what that post reminded me of? goodfellas.
If it feels right, and there’s no nagging sense of guilt, then it’s justice. Even if it’s been bloody. And one should live for oneself. Living for others is asking for pain and heartbreak.
I wish you’d write more posts like this. I’d like to know there’s more to you than farts, poop, and a crazy love story.
farooqk // February 22, 2009 at 9:48 am
@hira
goodfellas was badass.
and pain and hearbreak are good, they make you tough!
lol there’s not much more to me, im a simple guy!
somethingtobe // July 15, 2009 at 8:58 am
not erupting into violence does not mean you’re living for yourself.
farooqk // July 15, 2009 at 3:36 pm
it doesnt i agree, but one should do whatever is in one’s capacity, even if its as little as knowing the difference within one’s heart..