Stop Saying "This is not my problem"
Article # 113
Dated: 2nd February 2022
So I saw a Facebook post yesterday, was a story written in Urdu. I usually avoid longer posts and it kind of bore me but that post got successful in keeping my interest. And after reading the whole post, I realize it has a wonderful message so I thought I should share it with you guys too.
So the post was:-
A rat lived in a farmer's house in the hole. One day the rat saw the farmer's wife pulling something out of her bag. The rat thought she might be pulling something to eat.
But when looked closely he found that it was a rat trap. He got terrified and he went to the backyard and told the pigeon that a rat trap had entered the house. He thought the pigeon might offer some help or suggestion. But the pigeon laughed at him and told him that he does not care about it as he is not the one who is going to trap in it.
So he tried to ask the rooster for help. Rooster also laughed at his situation and made fun of him and joked that its not his problem.
He went straight to the goat and thought the goat might offer some expert advice as to what to do? And goat did the same what pigeon did. Made fun of the situation of the poor rat and told him that it was not his problem too.
Anyways, a venomous snake got trapped in a rat trap in the night and the farmer's wife heard the sound of it. It was dark so the farmer's wife thought the rat has been trapped so she begin to pull it out, when her hand touched the snake, it bit her. She was suffering from pain so the farmer called hakim who advised her to drink the pigeon soup. So the farmer fulfilled the advice and started boiling the pigeon in the pot. Relatives paid a visit to see the farmer's wife and inquire about her health.
The farmer needed to provide them food so he slaughtered the rooster. Unfortunately, the farmer's wife's body could not fight against the venom and died a few days later. People attended the funeral and offer their condolences, so the farmer slaughtered the goat and offer the food to the people who attended the funeral.
So the pigeon, rooster, and goat were slaughtered. They thought the rat trap won't have any effect on their life and that's why they made fun of the rat. The same rat who was still alive and left the farmer's home for their safety.
The lesson we should also learn from this is that always offer a helping hand to everyone even if we don't get any benefit from it. Offer your help even before others ask for it. Stop saying "this is not my problem" and start helping even if it's not your problem. No matter if it's your problem, it can become your problem. Live for others not just yourself.
Remember if it's another's problem, eventually it will become your problem one day. A problem for one person will become the problem of the community, and the problem of the community will become the problem of the nation. That's why before it becomes a problem for everyone, try to help in resolving it.
A fire in the neighborhood can reach your home one day so it's better to extinguish the fire before it reaches your home. I have seen people don't care when something terrible is happening to others. They think it's not their problem because it's not happening to them but eventually, the same terrible thing starts to happen to them other people also don't bother and this chain keeps on going forever. But when one person offers help and gets successful in stopping the terrible thing, it stops and never happens to anyone again.
