Of fame, fortune and the truck driver

I gave up the bad habit of watching the news early this year and have suffered no side effects and I am seemingly doing well. I catch the important bits from the Reuters and the newspapers, which I am careful not to read in detail. My health comes first. I spend most of my time reading stories to my children and making up stories as well. We watch Tom and Jerry often. I have also gone back to watching the good old PTV.

“The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself” (Plato). This year Pakistanis proved this to be true. Before Prime Minister Gilani was making puffs of his hair and hopping all over the world we had Musharraf with his white sideburns telling us to believe in him and him alone. Conceit has neither limit nor a good choice. The bottom line is this: why does the ordinary person suffer? I have a multiple choice one for this difficult and complicated question: i) He is insignificant, ii) He is stupid and insignificant, iii) He wants to die, and iv) All afore mentioned options.

The PM made the address of the year to the nation to give them a lot of good news. I watched the address, despite my better sense, and I waited till he finished his gargling. I am still waiting for the good news. We have to be patient and wait for the good news.