Dilemma of professionals

I am myself an eye specialist. I have attained this position through a series of tough examinations and hard work which was so precisely focused on my target that I left only very little chance to miss. And ultimately I attained it.

I hope same happens with all other people who attain highest professional degrees in any field. Till this time, its it fine, but for most of us the dilemma starts right from this point till we reach at age where we cannot reverse anything.

What’s the dilemma? It’s our tunnel vision, the boundaries of which are marked by our profession, already set rules and our personal intellect. Most of us attain our degrees because of vision of our parents or ourselves which is based on earning good wealth in future lives. Very rarely some professionals can escape from this trap which acts like a silent killer.

In all this process we forget that if someone is a doctor, still he can read books on engineering. If some is a banker, he can still read literature. In the present circumstances of Pakistan I feel compelled to write this article. It’s the time to accept that our education and professionalism has made us weak personalities. We have logic but not vision. We are far away from self awareness, the khudi, which is the basis of  Iqbal’s message. So we are destined to be exploited both by internal and external forces.

As a result what is happening is quite not surprising. We are dying by a process of apoptosis (pre-programmed death), both individually and as a nation. It is time to see beyond what we think we can’t see. Its time to re-gain the blind faith of eagle of Iqbal who knows only the tops and who’s vision is not distracted by small disputes and personality clashes at any levels. Its time for educated people to step in and give vision to leaders who are very shortsighted.