This post is dedicated to a very dear friend, Zehra!
So the 2013 is about to end; more interested in reviewing the year that was than focusing on the year that will be!
A great year in terms of learning. My 25 years of learning equals the learning I had in last 12 months; both personally and professionally. There were ups and downs. The 2013 elections and all the hype around it was something extremely special - I guess every single person I know particularly my friends from university (IoBM) will remember it all their lives.
This year will always be an important one for me as it changed my perception about friends and friendship. I have realized the importance of friends a lot more then I used to in past. I stopped focusing on friends/people who moved on with their lives and don't care much about me. Most importantly, I have realized that time is limited for all of us - we cannot afford to waste by holding grudges for each other.
While there were many great happenings in 2013 for me, the most disturbing and unfortunate event took place in the August of twenty-thirteen when I received a text message of Zehra's dad that she expired due to thalassemia. It was devastating for all us friends as nobody knew about her illness.
It is difficult to understand Zehra, we were certainly not the best friends, at times we didn't speak for months; because she dropped university after two semesters - it wasn't that frequent with Zehra like it was with other friends. But for some reason she never rejected any of my invitations - be it iftar scene, my cousin's mehndi and wedding or wedding of another frd's brother. I never saw her depressed. I never saw her in misery. We conveniently joked with her all the time - sometimes getting carried away too; however, she always took it in the right spirit and always laughed along us.
The reason behind her fun-loving personality was that she knew her time was limited and she couldn't afford to waste it by holding grudges or turning down invitations for the times we left her out. Whenever, she had the opportunity - she grabbed it with both hands to have quality time with her friends. There was no ego - no attitude - no hard feelings; the only thing she had was her cute chubby smile which still lives in our hearts.
At times it is difficult to determine who's really lucky? Zehra, for she knew that her time was limited and hence, managed it wisely and nicely or US-taking everything for granted; weighing our ego over our friends.
Before I started writing this post there was no intention of discussing everything in detail and year twenty-thirteen was not only about this one thing but perhaps it has superseded all other events. Certainly, there were some very good times including my most beloved sister's engagement and my parents performing Hajj.
Life moves on and we keep moving ourselves forward but it is important not letting go things we love especially our friends and family.
Stay blessed everyone! Happy new year!
So the 2013 is about to end; more interested in reviewing the year that was than focusing on the year that will be!
A great year in terms of learning. My 25 years of learning equals the learning I had in last 12 months; both personally and professionally. There were ups and downs. The 2013 elections and all the hype around it was something extremely special - I guess every single person I know particularly my friends from university (IoBM) will remember it all their lives.
This year will always be an important one for me as it changed my perception about friends and friendship. I have realized the importance of friends a lot more then I used to in past. I stopped focusing on friends/people who moved on with their lives and don't care much about me. Most importantly, I have realized that time is limited for all of us - we cannot afford to waste by holding grudges for each other.
While there were many great happenings in 2013 for me, the most disturbing and unfortunate event took place in the August of twenty-thirteen when I received a text message of Zehra's dad that she expired due to thalassemia. It was devastating for all us friends as nobody knew about her illness.
It is difficult to understand Zehra, we were certainly not the best friends, at times we didn't speak for months; because she dropped university after two semesters - it wasn't that frequent with Zehra like it was with other friends. But for some reason she never rejected any of my invitations - be it iftar scene, my cousin's mehndi and wedding or wedding of another frd's brother. I never saw her depressed. I never saw her in misery. We conveniently joked with her all the time - sometimes getting carried away too; however, she always took it in the right spirit and always laughed along us.
The reason behind her fun-loving personality was that she knew her time was limited and she couldn't afford to waste it by holding grudges or turning down invitations for the times we left her out. Whenever, she had the opportunity - she grabbed it with both hands to have quality time with her friends. There was no ego - no attitude - no hard feelings; the only thing she had was her cute chubby smile which still lives in our hearts.
At times it is difficult to determine who's really lucky? Zehra, for she knew that her time was limited and hence, managed it wisely and nicely or US-taking everything for granted; weighing our ego over our friends.
Before I started writing this post there was no intention of discussing everything in detail and year twenty-thirteen was not only about this one thing but perhaps it has superseded all other events. Certainly, there were some very good times including my most beloved sister's engagement and my parents performing Hajj.
Life moves on and we keep moving ourselves forward but it is important not letting go things we love especially our friends and family.
Stay blessed everyone! Happy new year!
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