New Year: A Glimpse into the future

We’re at the door step of 2017. 2016 will come to an end and we are now hoping for something better, something new, some pleasant changes with the new year. We are all busy in making new year’s resolutions and motivating one another to strive for more, avoid past mistakes and achieve more in the coming year. However, on the inside we already know what the future holds. We have already seen a glimpse of it and sadly we didn’t like it. We know what’s coming so we’ve decided that we’ll look the other way and we’ll rejoice about the happiness that we can capture right now. The darkness that has blotted this entire year is what spreads to the incoming year too. Some may call this being pessimistic but in reality, those some people know that this is the reality.

Let’s not just argue without facts, let’s look at an example that’ll prove my point: The Panama case. We saw what happened around the world thanks to it and we witnessed firsthand what happened in Pakistan. A whole lot of controversy resulted, a lot of cross talk was heard and then people protested. The protest may have been a tad bit over board but no one can argue that it is still a constitutional right. Therefore, even if the method was wrong and the attempt was depressing to say the least; the act of protest is very well justified and allowed in accordance to the constitution. Then, the protest led to a case. A case in the highest court of Pakistan: the supreme court. After all of the hearing and with all of the drama, what came of it? All that time spent, all that important, significant and invaluable time spent to decide the fate of the case went in vain. The judge himself finally stated that the incoming judge will have to hear the case all over again. So what did we do this year? We wasted a lot of time and a lot of resource and achieved nothing.

And what are we going to do this new year? Obviously we’ll be going through the same case and the same drama again. The invaluable time of the court will be spent on the same case over again. We all know the legal system, we all know what the media will do and we have seen throughout history what happens: nothing. That is why I say that we know what the future holds: it is dark and gloomy.

The intent of this article is not to spread pessimistic thoughts; it is to spread acceptance of what we have to deal with. And this is exactly what we need to accept. Only after acceptance will we be able to do something about it. We will be able to rearrange our mindset, we will be able to truly develop ourselves and we will be able to question those who exploit us, who deceive us and we will prevent them from doing it again.

This new year, make the resolution: we will understand, we will accept our challenges and we will fight because we have to. Only then, only when we stand together, we will achieve what we are really meant to achieve.