Think different
Posted by Ahmed Mustafa , Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:20 AM
This lesson goes back to about two years ago, but somehow stays with me to this day...
While working at mobilink we had a tradition of having company dinners at Monal, this new establishment our company had sponsored on Margallah hills. Since it was a friday, a group of colleagues and I said our juma prayers, grabbed some drinks and headed hillside.
When i finished my drink, i threw it out the window. Thats something that i had learnt while living in karachi, since it was unfortunately the practiced norm amongst my peer group. This group however turned out to be different.they stoppped the car, asked me to get out, pick up the trash and keep it in the car until i found a trashcan. All the way up the hill i got a lecture on how if everyone did the same, Islamabad would not be the clean city it was today.
On my back home today, i had a chewing gum wrapper that i wanted to throw outside, but as my hand went out the window it stopped and i remembered what my friends had said. It made me think, and i kept the wrapper in my bag.
the point im trying to make here, is the difference in mindset that we tend to have across pakistan. Whens the last time you ad trash and though 'yaar abhi is ko bahar hee phek do'
Think twice before you act on ure urge next time.
y'know I can totalllyy relate to this!!! except the throwing bottle out and being made to go get it back part....I've actually thought twice before chucking out my trash when the car's turning into a street that already has a growing pile of garbage...The only thing that stops me is my conscience...it's like "little drops of water make the mighty ocean" =/