An impactful journey of Amal
To write this, I evaluated my whole journey of amal to find the most impactful event in Amal which has the most profound impact on me. And I think Amal's full 3 months were that event. People are nervous to talk in front of a crowd or group of people but I am a person who can speak in front of many people but not to them in person because at that moment I’m directed toward that one person. Interacting with new people which I avoid the most. Or you can simply say I don't like networking, and due to that many people said to me that at first they always thought that I have a lot of attitude but I just love to focus on my life and space.
But from the first day of Amal, we were put into random groups where you have to interact with everyone, new people which I hated the most at that moment and I am still not a big fan of it. But I have seen changes in me. I always found people like friends and family to go with me wherever I'm going. When I decided to join Amal I asked my friends to join me so can be comfortable and not interact with new people. I thought that I will just finish these 3 months just in a blink and that will be it.
But from starting learning groups were made, Circles were made many formal and informal meetings were one which helped me to interact with everyone the most. The first time was the aftar party the first informal meeting where I interacted with most of the amal girls we spend after session time together got to know each other more, played too and went to the venue together it was a fun journey and at that time my friends were also not with me so I think I took the initiative to interact with them. And then there were many events where I never felt awkward at amal or it's a new place. this was the first time I interacted with too many new people this swiftly.
And the second last moment I need to quote is one of the best personality of Amal, Sir Adnan Tariq who make you feel like family. From 1st day of the session, he helped us how can we be ourselves and interact with each other in a respectful manner then when we developed a bond with each other we did a lot of trends and fun activities within the session and after the session. Now when I sit and reflect I was never able to do that with a teacher or fellows which I just met 2 months ago but this was all possible with Amal.
Lastly, three months brought a lot of difference in me. Now I am less hesitant in interacting with new people and realised that it is important to network and it should be common practice. As life is about growing, knowing the different mindsets of people, and accepting others' points of view and their thought processes. You need to see the world to understand it more. And to test this I went to Lawrence Garden to meet Benjie and Ali and I not only interacted with them but also with many amal alumni and instructors. I was happy that the misconception in me about new people was wrong, people do not always think that you are talking to them just for benefit, sometimes it's about sharing one's knowledge with others as “ Gaining knowledge is the first step to wisdom and sharing it is the first step to humanity”.
