United we stand, divided we fall

United we stand, divided we fall

What is a person supposed to do when he finds his countrymen engaging in acts that are damaging to not only the reputation of the country, but also harmful for the people living around them? Living in Pakistan, there is one very basic rule that we all learn
at a very young age: “United we stand, divided we fall!” However, the country has stepped into an era when unity means nothing to people and they demand for their individualism and freedom to be respected.

While they are not completely wrong to demand the right to live their life freely, confusion arises when they began to abuse their freedom and begin to harm those around them. The harm may not be physical, but it has a huge impact on our lives. Take the
example of perverts for instance. The sole purpose of their life is to share the dirt in their mind with anyone who is in the listening range. This not only creates an atmosphere for immorality, but also encourages people around him to shed their own inhibitions
and engage in trash talk. Gradually, the very concept of morality begins to disappear as people begin to embrace their inner demons and suddenly, the entire society is notorious for being filthy, society where there is absolutely no security for women and
respect and humanity becomes a myth.

People are under the impression that they have no real impact on the society as individuals and their actions hardly affect the system. This impression is completely wrong as everything they do directly or indirectly affects everyone even remotely connected
to them, be is a mere connection of belonging to the same nation. They demand individual rights, demanding from everyone to leave them alone and let them do whatever they want to. Losing the right to correct them when they go astray creates a huge problem
for the country. One thief, one terrorist, one extremist, one murderer, one corrupt individual and even one lazy individual can adversely affect the reputation of the entire nation in front of the world.

We need to let go of our individualistic approach towards our life and embrace each other to become one single entity as it is only by getting together that we can not only improve our reputation in the world, but also save ourselves from our enemies, be
it a hostile country or an even Satan himself.

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Posted by Muhammad Qasim Hassan on Feb 7 2012. Filed under Opinion, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry