5 Things you should know about yourself

We read a lot of stuff about others but hardly get time to think about one’s own self, the inner self. We can call it self meditation. Apart from doing yoga or some exercise we have to take care of ourselves. Here are 5 main things to know about yourself. Although there are many things in our life which are very important but I have short listed these 5.

  1. Physical well being.It is true that wealth is no guarantee to a healthy life. A person has to think very carefully when he/she has to choose from wealth or health. In today’s world, a person only thinks about amassing money. He remains busy in his routine. He hardly has time to go to visit a doctor for check up. People usually visit a doctor when they really got some ailing. According to APA , American psychological association, our body heal quickly when we take care of it sincerely. Our body needs our attention more than anything else.
  2. Don’t become addictive to social media & virtual machines: We are living in a world of advanced technology. People are talking about post industrial revolution. There is more & more research on inventions & innovations. Now a new blooming research on Artificial intelligence & robotics are opening a world of advanced technology. We are talking about replacement of manual labor with automated robots etc. So what is the point? Answer is when we waste our time using social media & virtual machines to kill our time then it will be a futile practice. The only thing that gives man an edge over AI robots is his creativity. So creativity never comes with waste of time but with practice & continuous intuition. Therefore, don’t waste your precious time by only playing games, using Facebook etc.
  3. Reading some good books can enhance your creativity & a healthy life: YES! It is a fact supported by new research that if you want a life longevity you should read more & more. But wait! There are two choices of books wether a person read a paper book or ebook on kindle. Well! My preference will be a paper book. Our sense of touch is more active when we read a paper book & it will boost our memory. We can feel a peculiar smell of a paper as it will trigger another sense i.e our sense of smell. When more senses are involved we will learn more. When we read on kindle our nerves feel more fatigued than reading a paper book. Our brain is diverted easily while reading on kindle. So we can’t get what we want from reading a book.
  4. Work for your own interest : Our brain is wired interestingly, it means it pays attention to those things which are interesting not to boring ones. Our creativity depends on our interest. I call it sequence wiring of our brain because our brain memorizes in simple order & sequence. That’s why we easily memorize 1 2 3 …..upto billions. The sequence of events make it interesting & our brain like interesting things.
  5. Good friends are buffers for you: No matter what the circumstances are in your life, good friends are buffers. As they have ability to neutralize harsh or bitter things that irritate you. Be choosy as it is a preveldge to have a sincere friend in your life.

Social problems of Pakistan.

Social problems of Pakistan are many to list. As the country has completed her 70 years, it is still suffering from sociopolitical & economic problems. Socially, Pakistan is legging behind other countries of the South Asian region. There is problem of severe poverty, unemployment, unending corruption, terrorism & so on. Economic performance of the country is not satisfied. As there is the lowest tax to GDP ratio, inflation, tax evasion practices & state held corporations are white elephants. Politically, the country is interrupted by undemocratic forces. Democracy is most often derailed by the boys. Pakistan has suffered a lot due to the policies formed by martial law administrators. Politically, the country has suffered a lot due to denisty type polity, feudalism & undemocratic political parties. However, there’s still a silver lining as the country has huge youth bulge who are active, young & talented enough to work for the welfare of the state. Pakistani people are still more resilient & soft hearted, hardworking & creative minded.

Due to global war on terrorism, Pakistan has also been engaged in the proxy wars within & outside of the country. It has faced with huge economic losses as well as loss of precious lives of civil & military personnel. Since 9/11 it has lost about 70 billion dollars in its active participation in the war. American aid to Pakistan only adds up to 20 billion dollars. There are 5000 soldiers who were martyred & there is loss of 40000 civilian lives.

Pakistani people are suffering from abject poverty. Sixty percent of the population is living below the lowest subsistence level of earning 2 dollars a day. According to international standard of poverty line per capita income should be not less than 9000 rupees a month. But this standard is not maintained here. Most of the daily wage workers get less than 2 dollars a day. Factory workers may get 2 dollars a day but what about cart vendors, carpenters, farmers & other bread winners belonging to lower strata of the society.

Farmers are losing more in terms of time & money to the landlord. They are paying unnecessary commission, interest etc. The landlord usually purchases fertilisers, insecticides in cash but they charge huge interests from farmers.