Hafsa
Hafsa
Nov 6 · 4 min read

Pages From My Life

As our lives were very happy but in year 2018 in November a tsunami came that destroyed many things in our family. My family consist of 3 sisters including me, one brother and my parents. I am the one who is older(19 yrs) in siblings then my brother who is 5 years younger than me and then 2 sisters who are young. The tsunami was about my brother’s life! He was depressed because of a bully case had in his school. He was a topper in his school so everyone in his class were jealous of him. He left his school because of fear so for those happenings he gone in a severe depression. My parents handled him like a newborn baby because he wasn’t able to walk or to do any work for himself. He got so many diseases during this period. Before telling further story I would like to let you know that I am a person who loves travelling and have a dream to travel the entire world, a person who loves peaceful environment. Now the story I am gonna tell you is my life’s worst part ever which left me a totally changed person. As my family was frustrated during this period with my brother so, my father planned a road trip to Gawadar, Pakistan in December. He hired a driver and a seven seater van in which we had a roadtrip. We were so happy and excited to go but me and my parents were totally blank about my brother that what will happen after or during this trip? Will he be able to start a new life? Personally I was so excited. My father planned this trip for 2 days but unfortunately we just stayed there for one day because my brother started panicking all night and he had 5 to 6 vomitings because of anxiety. He was shouting that I want to go back now! But we didn’t because it was a mountainous place our driver refuse to go he said he can’t drive in dark night it wouldn’t be safe for us. So, we left Gawadar at 4:00 am. At that time I was broked and I started hating my brother. I got depressed too. I started taking tensions for the first time in my life. On the other side I had to start preparing myself for my exams which were supposed to be in March 2019. In these circumstances the new year 2019 began. That’s how time went on till April 2019 came and here I was still poorly crushed and stucked that even couldn’t able to prepare for my final i-com exam. I remember it was only 15 days left in my first exam and was barely not ready to come out of the depression, I was like that I can’t do anything goodly and also nothing happens for my betterment, nobody is sincere with me, lack of confidence, my state of mind was that everyday there are new hardships ready for me and also my exams seems to be a real nightmare to me means was totally shattered.

At that time eventually one of my uncle who is very kind and a humble person who helped me by counselling through whatsapp voice call because he lives in Canada. It was a really turning point through those situations in my life. He counselled me. What he said? I want to share in my story as it may help to others.

“We should always look forward to move safely and peacefully if we want to make progress and achieve our objectives, It is like driving a car. We are always looking forward through the windshield to reach our destination. Can we drive looking into the rear view mirror? There is a good reason why the rear view mirror is only three percent of the size of your wind shield so maintain this ratio. We should look back only to cherish not to cry or regret.”

Secondly he guided….

Remember always!

“Past is history, present is a reality and future is a mystery. Enjoy the present and work for your future. Forget the past it’s all over, one can only glance back to remind where you came from and where you are going.”

And then I realized that life is about challenges and it happens to everyone in other aspects. It’s upto us that how we handle these challenges. Also I learned that…

“Expect the worst and strive for the best.”

This lesson is truly a key for a better life. It’s all that we should figure out in tough times in our life.

Lastly I would like to end up my story with a quote of CHRIS CLEAVE (an author):

“We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of US.”

Hafsa

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