![]() ![]() It‘s my life‘s dearest desire: I can sacrifice everything for it. Besides my parents can afford to send me abroad if I don‘t get into a medical college here.‘ ‗But still, what if you cannot be a doctor?‘ ‗That‘s impossible. I am working so hard to make it to the merit list. ‗And what if you cannot become a doctor? After all, that depends both on merit and luck,‘ Javeria stated. ‗I want to be the most outstanding doctor in the country-the best eye specialist, so that when the history of eye surgery in Pakistan is compiled, my name will be at the very top of the list.‘ She looked up with a smile. ![]() Should I die early, all my wishes would remain unfulfilled.‘ She popped a peanut into her mouth. One should live to be at least a hundred. ‗Fifty or sixty years are too short for me. ‗Well, one wish is to live long…very long,‘ she said. ‗My life‘s dearest desire…‘ she mumbled to herself. ‗Very well…let me think,‘ Imama conceded defeat. Then parrying the question with a demand, she said, ‗You tell me first what you desire most.‘ ‗I asked you first, so you should reply first,‘ retorted Javeria. ‗What‘s your life‘s dearest wish, Imama?‘ Imama looked at her with some surprise and pondered over the question. Nibbling salted peanuts one by one, Javeria repeated her question. classes and they spent their free period there. ![]() They were both sitting at the farther end of the auditorium, their backs to the wall. ‗Because I desire so many things, and each one of them is so important for me,‘ she replied, shaking her head. Then drawing a deep breath, she gave a wan smile, ‗Hard to say…‘ ‗Why is it hard?‘ Javeria asked her. ![]() 361Ĭhapter 1 ‗My life‘s dearest desire?‘ She fell into deep thought, the pen between her lips. Pir-e-Kamil is that voice that can guide one and can lead one from the dark towards the light, if one so wishes to take that path-‗And indeed guidance is given to them who desire it.‘ Let us once again listen to that Perfect Mentor! Umera Ahmed Email: - Ĭontents Chapter 1. Then the only solace is that voice that guides and one has no choice but to listen and follow. But sometimes in the dark, before the first misstep, one regrets the path taken and may want to turn back to that fork in the road of life where the journey began. Even in the light one must watch one‘s step to avoid stumbling once in the dark, it makes no difference whether one can or cannot see where one is going, for the gloom darkens with every step till darkness becomes one‘s destiny. You may tread the path that leads to light or, if you wish, take the path that ends in darkness. For that moment in your life when you need to decide between light and darkness. The Perfect Mentor (PBUH) Foreword Pir-e-Kamil, The Perfect Mentor, has been written for you. ![]()
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