20/05/2026
جو آج صاحبِ مسند ہیں، کل نہیں ہوں گے
کرائے دار ہیں، ذاتی مکان تھوڑی ہے
It is innate in us to desire titles and designations, and then become attached to them. We crave the prestige, authority, and glory associated with them, and we want it to be personal. We want to be uniquely identified, glorified and glamorized not for what we do or contribute, but for the titles and positions we hold. But the harsh truth is that all of it is fleeting, temporary, and replaceable.Often we assume our position is permanent and begin to deem ourselves irreplaceable. Yet eventually, subtly and inevitably, we are replaced and slowly transcending into history, and finally into forgetfulness. See, the caterpillar has to leave the cocoon to become a butterfly. Likewise, to evolve and become complete we too must leave our cocoons. We must not become trapped or flattered by titles that halt and hamper our growth.Believe me the praise, applause, and hyperbolic compliments are often nothing but flattery. I believe and perhaps you should too that most praise is conditional and circumstantial. Officials and officeholders come and go, they are replaced and removed by the very system by nature, and by the necessity of renewal. The chair remains permanent the occupant does not.Maybe you contributed, but that was also the obligation of the title you held. Once you leave nothing fundamentally changes. Your successor will continue, and the same copy paste compliments and applause will be directed toward them as well. That is political correctness. Whether it is ethical or unethical is debatable, but the phenomenon remains the same.The real concern of a predecessor should be to leave behind a legacy that the successor can build upon. One must leave foundations strong enough for future generations to continue building rather than forcing every generation to begin from scratch. Without that, all this praise and applause become hollow slogans.In the end true significance lies not in occupying the chair but in strengthening the foundation beneath it. All else is noise, vanity, and temporary glorification.
