Every life needs a mission statement.

It was another boring jobless night in Riyadh. The ultimate entertainment over here, for jobless people like us, normally results in friends hanging out at a billiards club or a sheesha place. Me and my friends decided to go to a nearby sheesha place as per our usual routine. I do not smoke sheesha but a sheesha place normally provides a good peaceful platform for general chitchat and the ever important discussions. 

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Discussions are essential for a human being. They help you reflect on yourself and on the surroundings and see how exactly different you are from the outside world. I went to this gathering of ours to catch up with my fellows and meet some other people.  It turned out to be one of those sessions when you suddenly realize, that you have lived your life with these people yet you are still worlds apart. So close, yet so far.

The discussion began with the question "Yaar Pakistan ka pata nahee kya banay ga". People replied " Yaar mere paas tu nationality hai aur shukar karo tum saudia mein ho. Pakistan is lost , bus yahaan beth kar paisay kamao" . I was sitting with people who had British, Canadian nationalities and were proud of that. I was listening to arguments about Pakistan that were worthy of coming out of a “Public Enemy No.1”. I was chatting to people whose only motive was to “Get rich or die trying “. Nope, these were not monsters .Nope, they were not wannabes. Nope, they were not evil. They were and still are good hearted humans.

They were good hearted but what they lacked was a sense of purpose. They had no idea why they are here in this world. They had no idea what being Pakistani means. They had no idea what being muslim means. They had no dream.  Enjoyment is all they cared about.

The truth is they are not alone. Millions of youth in Pakistan have the same issue. They are stranglers, waiting for life to fix itself for them. They wander aimlessly to assuage their desires. They enjoy parties, go to concerts and await their fate. They do not believe in god, they believe in this world.

Nope, heroes are not born this way. Nope, leaders are not made this way. Purpose is what defines us , purpose is what makes us what we are. We must follow a set of guideines, ideals that can guide us in life and make us live by a code. Life becomes soul less  if we do not. It is ever more important for Pakistani youth to know this since they make the major bulk of the 17 million people. Unless you have a purpose, you really do not have a life. 

Every life, no matter how unimportant one feels, needs a mission statement.

“Dream as if you will live forever,live as if you will die today” James Dean