“I've learned that regardless
of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from
your life.” Maya Anglou.
I began writing this article
at 12 a.m. I didn't know how I felt about writing children abandoning their
parents into this cruel world. It is sickening, yes. But it happens. When
parents get old, they get cranky and they need things and they want your time
and I understand that most of us feel annoyed all the time. After all, we have
our social lives, our social status, our work and our free time. We love our parents
no matter what.
Why Old homes then?
Why were they made if we love
our parents so much?
I always wondered about these
things and to be honest I never really spent more than an hour thinking about
it until I met Samana. She is running an NGO without all the fancy cars and
fancy events and charity concerts by the name of Josh.e.Junoon. She told me
that she visited an Old home, MGQ Memorial Trust located on Murree Road,
Rawalpindi. She sent some photos of the visit too.
I was stunned. To be honest.
A place like that exists here? In Pakistan?
I thought EAST and PAKISTAN
had that traditional love your parents and eat and sit with them and consult
with them in every life decision aura.
Was I wrong?
I took more details from her.
Her whole team went to that average old age home for a day and met with 24
elderly people. They were all so happy to see this much gathering, I felt as if
they thought they were celebrating Eid with their families!
Hugs and love all around.
They didn't even know them! But they loved them anyways.
Why? Because parents are
selfless. They love all our flaws and all our wrong doings. In Pakistan, to be
very blunt, our whole family system works and stands on the support of parents
and their parents and our close relatives, like uncles and aunts. And this
system, was working perfectly, till we, our generation started to build their
lives outside our homes.
We started ignoring them,
took decisions without asking them and snapping at them when they stopped us
from doing something.
The pain, I saw, in the
pictures… I feel as if we would all end up like that.
Alone and waiting for our
children to come and laugh and play with us.
Team Josh.e.Junoon took an extended
tour to know about all things in the old home. There were few blankets, no
coolers for the in the summers and God did they miss home cooked food.!
They are all going there on 31st with coolers, blankets and home cooked food. Along with the most
important thing: LOVE.
They are all waiting for
their sons and daughters (Now very elite and socially high standard) to come
and spend time with them. I wonder where they are. No, actually, I am thinking
about Karma. If we are doing this to our parents, won’t our children do the
same to us?
I can’t imagine living alone
and unloved. Do you?
I am ashamed. As a Pakistani.
And As a Muslim.
An Islamic state is supposed
to have Islamic morals. Islamic rules.
Where our parents should come
before anything else, and we listened and obeyed them for all the right
reasons.
We need to love our parents. While
we still have them. If we still feel untouched, I suggest we should look at the
wrinkled cheeks and hands of these old home inhabitants.
Al they need is love and
care. Nothing else. We need to be more patient with them. They are our ticket
to heaven right? Then why not love them out of greed?
I salute Samana and her team
Joshe.Junoon for stepping up and bringing love and attention to those, who are
put aside by our own Islamic, Pakistani Nation.
For the love of God. Don’t
lose your only way out of harm. They brought you here in this world and their
prayers made you a socially acceptable person.
If anyone wants to contribute
to the cause Samana and her team from Josh.e.Junoon has started, Please contact
the Facebook page of Josh.e.Junoon.
https://www.facebook.com/junoonijazba/timeline
Article By Irum Zahra For Beyond Sanity Publishing and Josh.e.Junoon
Here are a few pictures from the visit:
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