"I am not well" says Ali Nawaz Memon

From: Ali Nawaz Memon
Date: Sun May 27, 2007 10:50 am
Subject: I am not well

Dear Friends

I have not been well for past several weeks. It has made me realize how fragile I am. It has made me realize how little time we, the human beings have on this earth. I has also made me realize that we have no time to waste.

If we have a mission or even a desire to do something, we cannot afford to wait until tomorrow because indeed, tomorrow may never come.

I cannot say that I have a mission. I only have a few desires. Since my childhood I have wanted justice for all. I have wanted simple but clean fresh food for all. I have wanted a small but clean home for all.

Looking at Sindh, Pakistan and many other places, I know that justice is critical for my and every one else's existence. To me justice means protection from a bully at school play ground. It means protection from a tyrant wadera. It means protection from corrupt police. It means becoming strong individually and collectively. It means honest judges, people oriented parliaments, devoted ministers and presidents. It means rule of just laws. Not just rule of law but rule of just law.

I have learnt over years that fresh food and clean home become possible with a job for every one. For a reasonable job, education and skills for every one become important.

In short, I desire rule of just law, education and job for every human being. Specially, I want it for my family members. And, I consider all of you as my family members.

Yes, these are simple but tall orders. So far, we have been talking about more or less the same things. How to get rule of just law, education and job for all? Obviously, we must continue our individual struggle and effort. Every student must study. Every one must seek skills which will make life easier for the family.

In parallel, we must work collectively to make the whole existence easier for each other. I like to think that despite my wordly ways, I am a religiously and spiritually oriented person like most of you. We need help of the supreme creator--Allah, God, Ishwar or whatever name we have. Nevertheless, I truely believe that democracy is very imortant for us. If we can regularly elect people who are also committed to providing us rule of just law, education and jobs, then life will get better.

I do not know, how much time I have. At age 65, probably I do not have much. On top of that I may not be able to use my remaing time wisely. So why am I telling you all this? Because, I like to share my desires with you. Because, may be your desires match some of mine. May be you will like to dedicate some of your time working towards achieving rule of just law, education and jobs for every one.

I have no set way of achieving rule of just law, education and jobs. Please do it your own way. Just remember that these are worth while things for our existence. Please get these things for yourselves and for every one else.

God bless you all.

Your input and help towards development of Sindh is always welcome.

Ali Nawaz Memon

Sindh Development Institute
7204 Antares Drive Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA 20879