Originally Posted by Farrah Zafar

We have to learn to be our best friends because we fall too easily in the trap of being our worst enemies

Introduction

Change the changeable,accept the unchangeable and remove yourself from the unacceptable. (Denis Waitley)

~There are two wolves inside a man,one is good and the other is evil.Good one feeds on love,peace etc and the evil feeds on hatred,malice etc.

~Qualities of best friend.

~Difference between friend and enemy.


~Some friends are disguised enemies

~How can one become his own friend

A friend in need is a friend indeed

~Self Love

Keats' quote,"Love is my religion.I can even die for it"

~Self Evaluation

Khudi mein doob ker paa ja suragh e zindagi,
Tu ager mera nahi banta tou na ban,apna tou ban(Iqbal)

(Dive into the ocean of your 'self' to understand life.It doesn't matter if you don't become mine,at least become your own)

~Refine short comings,groom personality.

Kaalay mainday kapray ty kala mainda wais
Gunaheen bharya mein phiraan ty lok kehn darwesh(baba fareed)

My appearance is black so people consider me a saint while the reality is that I am full of sins.

~Self Realization

I am captain of my ship.I am master of my fate.

~Purgation and purification.

Sufi poets emphasize on purification of heart and soul.

Tasbeeh phiri ty dil na phirya ki lena tasbeeh pharh k hoo?(sultan bahu)

If reciting the holy verses doesn't change the heart then there is no need to hold tasbeeh.

~What is enmity with one own self?

Hatred,malice, evil

(My own poetry)

In pieces my soul is torn
but I have no time to mourn
Hatred,malice,envy and lies
On my soul like baboes rise

~Reference of Doctor Faustus.He sells his soul to Mephistophilis to fulfill his materialistic pursuits.

~Reference of Raja Gidh.Seemi let Qayyum exploit her physically.
Qayyum chooses evil himself and his next generation suffers from madness.

~Holy Prophet PBUH says,

A man is known by his company.

~War,violence

Reference of Parabhakar Bagurde's poem "Revolution"

Don't be in a hurry for revolution
You are still very small
Your ability to resist
Atrocities, boycotts and rapes
That go on every moment
Has become nill
Comrade!
Tomorrow's sun is yet to rise
Sleep undisturbed until then


This is what I remember.May be there are some more points that I have forgot.

P.S: It's my 3rd attempt.I passed essay in my both attempts by securing 45 & 54 respectively.