Lost

Now don't think that I am going to write a review of HBO Original Series Lost in this week's edition of Essay of the Week. I am going to talk about some serious, really serious subject and that is…lost. Not on my PC or in the final prints of the magazine's deadline, but it's lost in my imaginative wonderland where the blue bird sings, the beautiful landscape is endless and flowers talk to you. I don't know what the psychologists have to say about this issue but I think that nowadays the memory span of homo sapiens have showed a marked decline without leaving any trace for recovery. Are we too pre-occupied with the various things we have to do in our daily work catalogue or are we just simply paying minimum level of attention to everything. My! My! It's a very critical situation. This means that on one unfortunate day, we will wake up with nothingness. We might have unburdened our selves from everything around us, even our own self. Now the question is why are we becoming so inattentive, detached, irresponsible and lost?
Yesterday, I asked one of my cousins who has just completed his A-levels about his future plans. But he simply said, "I have no idea." The reason is that we are beset with skyrocketing inflation, shortage of basic food commodities, extinction of electricity, the issue of having a new president and no one has any idea about all these issues. Are we collectively experiencing feeling lost? Are we so clueless that we are just groping like blind people in the dark alleys of a maze and unable to reach a way out or are we just pretending not to see, recognize or solve the issues crying out loud for attention?
TV channels hold innumerable talk shows discussing various political, social and psychological issues, politicians promise to solve all the painful riddles of the Awam, but where are all the solutions leading to. We are still suffering from all the problems we lament about. This means we all are just simply bragging and beating about the bush on those issues which we don't want to solve. There's an old saying, 'where there is a will, there is a way,' but the tragedy of the situation is that we have lost our way. We have lost that constructive attitude to build our country, our nation and ourselves which guarantees a healthy, secure and happy life, just because it was difficult and required a lot of hard work and dedication. We have examples of countries like China, who united for a single cause; to elevate their country from uncertainty with hope and determination and despite the fact they gained independence after Pakistan, look at them today; they are enjoying the fruits of that determination and hard work.
So the crux of the whole thing is that there isn't any shortcut to success. At times, you have to take detours, make tunnels and build dams with complete determination and hard work in order to be a big happy family. So, consider this time as a SOS call and wake up before the situation becomes worse and we are only left with the feeling of being LOST.

Photo Courtesy: Old Memories by Asif Akbar