"This [Pakistan] is a good country. It's just run by bad people"
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
The most fundamental question that every human being asks at least once in life will is: ‘what is the meaning of the life?’ There is no fixed answer to this question. In fact, the answer is itself a representation of humanity. This inquisition is unique to everyone till the end of their life. This is the most fundamental question on which one should never compromise with anyone. But unfortunately, practical life tells us that for most it is just mocking the system of natural justice.
Many are still searching for the meaning. They will then produce the result in their own way, on the basis of their understanding and experiences. Everybody will have their own justification for what they have done. It doesn't matter whether it is destructive or productive, as long as your justification, the legitimacy and the power you exercise are not in conflict. Then you can systematically assassinate the core notion of accountability and transparency.
Once one cheats him or herself, then that person subconsciously or consciously will cheat whoever crossed his/her path. But the interesting thing is that he/she will articulate "philosophy" to justify his/her action. At this juncture, he/she deliberately ignores the principles, while expecting greater silence within the inner circle. He may be delusional in thinking that greater silence is mandatory acceptance of what he has been doing.
But this is much more than that. At this point, evil plays a major role, which will lead to ultimate self-destruction. Goodwill leaves you, evil overruns your spirit. Actions speak much louder than words. Actions sharpened the world much stronger than the thousands of pages you have been produced in writing.
Let's take the sage words of Camus, "those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it". At this point, many will have a screaming story to lament on, "how they have been cheated?"
When the day to day life is suppressing you, how could you put your moral values and will power to the realm of life? Is there anyone who has not cheated himself? Yes, there are. The hope of candle in the hopelessness of darkness represents those splendid human beings. They lighten the world. They gave hope to mankind.
Edhi who passed away a few days ago in Pakistan has explained this very deep life experience in noble actions. The true man of principles was behind the relief ringing number of 115 in Pakistan. The decent man who stood up beside the street and begged for resources to develop what later became one of the largest social work networks in the world.
Abdul Sattar Edhi, an icon of humanity has left us after leading us to experience spectacular events and rare history of humanity. Edhi, a philanthropic giant is bigger than his life, a rare personality who struggled for a noble cause of humanity.
The iconic figure taught us by action how to find the meaning of life. Life without boundaries, he taught us. Help the helpless when they need help, he taught us. Go to the people and interact with them, he taught us. Let the people understand the bona fide in your action, he taught us. Let not the eagerness for someone to award you influence you, but continue what you ought to do, he taught us. The list goes on and on and on.
Edhi has physically left us, which is something we all will do eventually. But what he taught us is not merely the lengthy boring talks which contain nothing more than jargon, but actions based on true principles, which will remain. Let's salute, and be united to continue with what he has strengthened.