We often hear elderly people advising the young
ones to forget the past, ignore the future, and care for the present. But there
is hardly anyone who has no ambition for a higher status than the present one.
This constant struggle for higher position sticks to man till the last day of
his life. This is true of every human being right from the man in the Street to
the topmost personality of Pakistan. This struggle, in fact is essential for
achieving higher ends in life.
I belong to the middle-class section of the society
I can never think of earning millions of rupees. Still God has His own ways,
who knows. I may get a lottery. And if ever I get it. I cannot say whether I
will be able to enjoy because sometimes the man is so much overjoyed that he
leaves the world. Let me suppose that I am fortunate to get a lottery of
millions of rupees: I will try to spend it in the most judicious manner as to
derive maximum pleasure out of it.
My
colleagues advise me that first of all. I should endeavor to improve my living
condition. I should have a huge mansion to live in and care for the family and
so on. But my conception of life is quite different. Instead of improving my alone,
I am much more interested in uplifting the poor masses of the country.
Pakistan is a poor country. There are many people
in Pakistan who hardly get two square meals a day what to speak of enjoying the
comforts and luxuries of life. They are poorly fed and ill clad. The largest
number of these people is living in villages, where the main occupation of the
people is agriculture. In villages, still the old bullock-carts are used,
though the advanced countries have embarked upon mechanized farming. I will
offer them loans at a very nominal interest so as to enable them to purchase
tractors, fertilizers and better seeds. This scheme will save the villagers
from the village money-lenders on the one hand, and will increase production on
the other.
I will invest a good portion of money in setting up
a hospital with all the modem amenities. I will employ highly qualified
doctors. This hospital will be run for the poor masses. Charities will also be accepted
from the rich classes. This will save people from the jaws of death.
Thus, if I become a millionaire, my sole object
will be to utilize this money for the greatest good of the greatest numbers. To
help the poor, feed the hungry, nurse the sick and better the plight of the
people will be my only motto.
Many people, particularly villagers, have no means
- of recreation. I shall spend a part of my wealth for providing means of
recreation to the poor. I shall open various social and educational centers at
various places.
I am pained to find that there is no adequate
provision for supporting orphans and widows. I would, therefore; lose no time
in opening new centers for widows and orphans. They will work and earn their
livelihood honorably. This will certainly further the cause of country’s
advancement.
There may be people who will jeer and mock at the
utter foolishness of spending millions of rupees in this manner. Probably, they
do not realize that a man gets spiritual happiness by helping the- poor and it
is much more than the sensual pleasures on gets from the money they possesses. Spending
money like this, in case I am a millionaire, will be the Everest of my hopes
and aspirations.