Friday, July 31, 2015

Peace, Love, and Joy

Recently I watched a movie that touched every heart in that theatre.
Not a love story nor action movie with a hero but something that is very real in this world.
Peace.

A girl from Pakistan got into a tragic accident and with that accident she lost her voice.
Her mom and her took a huge risk in getting her help which also meant getting the right treatment which was all the way in Delhi.
As they crossed the border the gates closed but one thing was missing.
The girl.
A long way from home stuck at the border of India and Pakistan with no voice.
She hopped on a train which she thought was heading in the right direction only to find out it wasn't.
She woke up next morning in India; hungry, tried, and thirsty.
Soon she found a man and although this man had no clue who she was or where she'd come from he took care of her.
Gave her fresh food and milk.
Most of all he made sure she was safe.
He took her to the police hoping she just got lost in the crowd.
But in the back of his mind he knew she couldn't be left alone so he took her to a safe place.
He soon realized different things she did that didn't make her a normal Hindu child.
Instead of vegetarian food she preferred chicken.
Instead of a Hindu temple she ran to a neighboring Mosque.
But the biggest clue was that she cheered for the Pakistani cricket team instead of the Indian cricket team.
And as they hit the winning point she went up to the t.v and kissed the Pakistani flag.
Sitting there in awe he knew what he had to do.

Although him being a true Hindu worshiper he was extremely stumbled by this but knew that he couldn't leave her.
One day, he noticed a single tear role down her rosy cheeks.
Wondering what she was looking at that made her cry, he turned his head in her direction and saw a mom and daughter smiling from cheek to cheek.
Looking at each other with love, and soon it clicked for him.
She's missing one of the most important person in a child's life.
A Mother.

Soon after realizing this he did everything he could to get her a passport and visa so she could get back to her family.
Soon they found a way and although it was illegal this man took the risk because he knew that this girl needs her mom.
Finding out where the girl lived in all of Pakistan was the hardest part.
With the police hunting them and figuring out where she lived, this man risked everything to get her to her mom.
A girl that he only knew for about two weeks, he risked his life and was caught and tortured by the police all so this girl could get to her mom.
The girl was taken by a friend of the man's to her mom and the daughter and mother were reunited at last.
A touching moment that made everybody's heart sore.
Although as touching as this was it wasn't the end.

The Pakistani police soon realized that this man they are torturing brutally is not a criminal but someone who has touched the hearts of everybody in Pakistan and India. Not a criminal but a gentlemen, a hero.
They let him go in agreement that he would go back to where he came from.
As he took a step into India the girl ran up to the gate hoping he turn around.
She waved and waved and waved but knew it wasn't making a difference.
Soon this man hears "PAPA".
Everybody was soon silent wanting to know if it was real.
"PAPA" she said again.
He turns his head with tears of happiness and with love.
She crosses the Pakistani border and runs towards him jumps in his arms and gives him a bear hug.
This made me look at things so differently.
And sure effected everyone who watched it.

Peace is something that can't come with war.
It needs to come with showing love and care for people.
In my English class I learned about something that made me lose all faith in humanity.
M.A.D
Mutually Assured Destruction
This is a doctrine saying that basically grants total annihilation.
Meaning if two or more countries are using weapons of mass destruction against each other one country cannot defend itself but bring it's enemy down with them.
This is probably the scariest thing I have ever had to even picture in my life.
Everybody is trying for world peace but this is a guarantee that, that may never happen.
War isn't the answer at something but the easy way out.
That is not and almost never the right way.
Every country should look at this movie as an example of how smoothly the world would be if countries would listen instead of causing war and because of the weapons we have today war would have so many more casualties. We should strive for no casualties because every live is worth something.
I may not know a lot about many of the conflicts that countries go through and yeah maybe war has to be their but it should be our last resort and we should try to minimize the pain we cause to anybody.
Because we only have one planet of if we hurt it then well that's it.

Peace. Love. Joy


Sunday, July 5, 2015

Just Another Lesson

Lessons are something that people learn all the time.
Piano lessons, life lessons, swimming lesson, and so much more.
These lessons are like atoms, the first essential of life
You have to learn how to crawl, walk, talk, laugh, play, so basically everything.
Even though they are painful sometimes and boring they all play an extremely key role in what we do and how we act.
We look up to elders because they teach us first but soon we realize the young teaches us a lot too.
They teach us how to feel careless again and not worry about anything.
They teach us that chubbier is better.
They teach us to laugh at simple things like someone tearing paper or another baby smiling.
Lessons don’t always come simple and not all of them are just right in front of you.
Like how atoms build up to things; lessons build up to more lessons which build up to better lessons until finally you reach your answer.
Although your answer will not always be answered quickly.
Time is a crucial part in lessons and I’ve learned that from my parents.
Even time itself teaches you a lesson.
That everything grows and evolves at it’s own pace.
I may not be an adult but one thing I do know is that lessons are really important.
My parents have taught me so many lessons.
Sometimes I don’t even know what I’ve been taught until I apply it later and see that they were right.
Lessons are things that everyone has to share with the world.
We learn lessons in so many ways and we may not even know what exactly we have learned until it hits us that we didn’t know this before.

When I see toddlers I see how happy and free they are.
They don’t care what others think.
They play with whomever they want to.
But when I see middle schoolers, they have separated themselves.
Suddenly appearance matter, how thin and beautiful the are matters.
Yes I’ve felt this way many times and I learned from one of my friends it really doesn’t.
She taught me to love who I am and I realized it wasn’t that difficult.
Lessons are something that society needs to function.
America learned that love is love.
I felt like we always knew that but the lesson just hadn’t kicked in yet.
Lessons build as to who we are today.
They let us keep growing and keep loving.
Simple things come with lessons.
The lesson may be right in front of you or it may be far far away.
What ever the lesson is and who ever the lesson is taught by, listen because you don’t know what may come of it.