are you ready to know about the world?? (article)

This is a typical morning of a 'sane' individual in today's world, these are the tasks he/she would perform:
brushing their teeth
having breakfast
getting ready for work or whatever
reading the newspaper or taking the newspaper along ( because you HAVE to know about the world don't you?!!)

Lets pause that persons day right there and just focus on the importance of reading the news paper. Why does one read the newspaper? to know whats happening around the world. what is a newspaper? a bunch of sheets that have the news of whatever happening across the world printed on them. These are the only reasons to why anyone actually purchases these black and white printed sheets of papers with world news filled crap in them. But have you once asked yourself whether if you are prepared to know about the world? or whether if you know yourself well enough to be bothered about the issues of other people and the world?

Yes you read right! and i see you're sane because you have decided to continue reading on. This is what i believe the only person who has the right to read the news paper and acknowledge himself about the world is a person who knows himself first, because that is more important than anything else. i feel its very wrong for anyone to pay to know about the world and actually give a very considerable part of their own time into knowing about everything but yourself!. Think about it.

If one would invest just that much energy, curiosity, time and money into themselves then they would be amazed at what discoveries they could make about themselves that they have taken for granted. The major reason to problems nowadays is that the people don't know themselves well enough to even judge their behavior, allot of personality problems or 'issues' could be solved if one took time out to just peep into their own souls and understand what sort of a person they are and focus more on their family, their neighbors, their religion and faith etc. this will lead to not only a satisfying introspect to one self but also a clearer vision of ones soul and beliefs and also that of their loved ones and the people who actually matter and should matter.

Its very easy to sit back every day with a hot cup of coffee and judge the lives and the doings of the people of the world, and gossip about them and basically waste your own time and also the time of the person who's actually listening to your long endless and pointless views after all these are the people you haven't even met, people who don't even know you exist. But only a real human being can sit and judge himself and find out a mistake on their part and try to better himself and accept the reality of his/her personality, which would eventually lead to a more productive life on an individual basis.Its important in todays time for one to be very well versed with their talents and capabilities because that is what would help them grow as a human being, which as we all know n endlessly preach is very crucial. Being aware of the world n totally oblivious to oneself is not the way to lead a life, that life is very plastic n unsatisfying which many of us may not realize, but that is the reality- a reality its high time for us to accept!.

being aware of what is happening in the world around you is a very important thing in today's world, you have to know how the earth is doing, how the other people in the world are surviving, how mean or how kind some people can be. But not at the cost of never knowing yourself and benefiting the people around you , the people who might not make the headlines of even the local news paper but will of your life and your heart!

Syeda Fatima, 17