How far are you in your life?

Did someone say it right that women are at their best when they approach 40's? On this birthday, I realized that I am approaching my best age. Time is slipping away from my hands like sand. When I look back at my life, it looks like a second ago, I was a little girl held by my father in his hands taking rounds of the house in an attempt to stop me from crying, and a mother always ready to welcome me whenever I would wake up from my sleep. Then I approached the golden age, when you are not scared of any obvious thing. You do what you want, and you know how to become stubborn in order to get what you want. Then the teenage starts, the stupidest life time. You have really big dreams becoming a famous actor, singer, or a stylish politician. You don't care what the society says about you. You want to do the craziest fashion, wanna be clad in such outfits which people may stop for a second to look at you. Then the twenties when you start to think about your career, marriage, kids. This is also age of dreaming but mature dreaming, or rather dreams that "can" come true. And then you begin with early thirties, the time span where you really think to settle down somewhere, take a break, think what you have achieved so far and what you further want to achieve but not for yourself but for those who are later going replace you - ! You cannot afford gambling at this age. People usually avoid making any bigger/ riskier decisions of their life at this stage of life. 

This is the short story of my life! I guess that is the life of most people. Most but not for all. Everybody is born in a different situation. Being sheltered by loving parents is yet another comfort. When you lose them, that is the time you have to stand up for yourself and think mature. Some people never get mature because they know that they have a roof on their head and it will protect them in danger. The important thing is that people don't wait for you to get mature, neither does time. You have to meet their demands and you can no longer live in your isolated barbie world. 

You have to stand up, take responsibilities and finish your journey of life with lesser regrets!! 

سب ٹھاٹھ پڑا رہ جاویگا جب لاد چلے گا بنجارہ

Over these months, I have realized (to some extent) how this life is. It is just a small journey, we come and we go. It is just like the scene at any airport, arrivals and departures...... nobody come to the airport bringing all his wealth. In these times, I just hear the following words in my ears all the time: گر تو ہے لکھی بنجارہ اور کھیپ بھی تیری بھاری ہے اے غافل تجھ سے بھی چڑهتا اک اور بڑا بیوپاری ہے کیا شکر مصری قند گری کیا سانبھر میٹھا کھاری ہے کیا داکھ منقا سونٹھ مرچ کیا کیسر لونگ سپاری ہے سب ٹھاٹھ پڑا رہ جاویگا جب لاد چلے گا بنجارہ

English Translation:

If you are a millionaire, and your stores are brimming,
Know, O ignorant! There is always another merchant who is even greater than you.
What of your sugar, candy, jaggery and nuts? What of your doughs, sweet and salty?
What of your grapes, raisins, ginger and pepper? What of your saffron, cloves and betel?
All your splendor will lie useless, when the nomad packs-up and leaves

Naat from somebody

Disclaimer: This naat portrays love of someone for our prophet. She asked me to write this naat in Urdu script and publish it somewhere on internet, this naat was written by her so I don't want to post it in my name, but as per her wish I am publishing this:

ہمارے نبی کی شان ہے سبحان الله 
سادگی انکی بیمثال ہے سبحان الله 
سب سے اعلی حسن اخلاق ہے انکا 
فدا ساری  خلقت،  درجہ آفاق ہے انکا 
انکی تشریف  آوری رب کی ہے رحمت 
نماز  روزہ  زکات سب  انکی  ہے برکت 
جنکو دشمن  نے بھی امین ہے پکارا 
جن پر رب نے  اپنا قرآن  ہے اتارا
خوش  قسمت  مدینے  کی ہر  ہے گلی 
انکے  تبسّم سے کھلی  ہے کلی کلی