a few days ago i was sitting with my parents and we were having a very general si discussion about how life really turns out vs how we plan for it to turn out. i think the idea that, we plan stuff out but nobody really knows what’s going to happen blah blah has really been overused now and is becoming something too cliche of an excuse to justify things you end up not doing. ab obviously i don’t mean k fate kuch nai hota and destiny is bakwaas ya kuch. aisa nai hai, i know destiny is real and Allah plans our life, and that’s how it turns out. I know some things are not in our control, external forces drive them to come about, and all that jazz. I am not denying that. by no chance! pls don’t jaari a fatwa on me. I believe in destiny, fate, qadr, whatever you want to name it. what i don’t believe in is blaming your shortcomings on it. I mean, I could laze around all year, and then fail around the finals season, would merely blaming fate be the right thing to do? or isn’t that taking the easy way out? I mean, okay, (although thora stretch hai, but challo.) I can believe that the failure was fated, so that I’ll learn from it, but is fate the only reason I failed? doesn’t my lazing all year round account up to anything? agar at the end of the day, fate/destiny is what is the endgame tau why does anybody even bother doing anything? phir tau jo hona hai ho he jaega. agar success meri qismat mein hai tau I’ll get it anyway? doesn’t really make sense, heina? so then tell me, what is fate, how much does fate define our actions/life wegera? ••• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bookblogger #bookstagram #bookreview #desitalent #poetry #poetsofinstagram #writersofpakistan #writersgram #feminist #likes4like #wordoftheday #desibloggers #bookreviewswithzoi #pakistaniblogger #bookstoread #theliterarti #wordpower #lahore #work #literature #art #dance #followmeto #whatmakesmehappy #writersworld #pakwriterscommunity
