Realization of the Day

It's weird. I've never officially had a motto in my life. I had to have one in grade five cuz my teacher made us have one - and i think it was 'the world would be incomplete without math' - yes I was a nerd (still am according to some) and a math nerd to top it off (which i no longer am - more of a politics nerd as some would say). Anyways.

So I came to the realization today that I actually follow this one sher by Allama Iqbal more closely than anything else. And I don't follow it for the sake of following it; it's just something I've done regularly and religiously for the past few years - especially since I got that letter (which I still haven't opened) in grade 12. What that letter is - you'll just have to ask me.

Anyway, so it's a verse that neatly sums up what my life is like - what I believe in - how I lead my life (I think).

khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle

khuda bande se khud pooche, bataa teri razaa kya hai?

make urself so strong that before writing your fate

god him/herself asks you what your decision is