Beautifully Balanced out

Today I happened to read an article on Yahoo.com. It was about a person who earned only $40,000/- a year and he had an amazing way of splitting his earnings. He and his wife made a roughly sketched out plan about starting a family in few years down the road and till that time spend one salary and save the other. While reducing the existing debt they had planned to save up some money so that when they start a family they could survive with one person doing the job.

Once they decided to get along with this principal of spending they had to tie up their wishes and rethink of impulsive buying habits and argue with one’self for final decision of buying something. This principal where helped them go through an equation of earn and spend they had to bear the so called peer pressure. But o matter who says what they kept on sticking along and eventually today they are a perfect example of balanced spending nature.

This didn’t stop here but they inculcated the same principal in their young daughter. Told her how she can earn money while doing household chores (to begin with). The best part of this entire story is that once their daughter would have a weekly earnings of $10 she would split it into three parts. 10% for Give away, 25% for saving and the remaining for spending (all of these categories were kept in three separate jars) . Whenever she would accompany her parents to a store and want to buy something she was told that they will have to look into her spending jar how much money she has and also for the saving part so that she can buy her things. She also helped people in her own kiddi way with the help of her Give away money. She bought a gift for an orphan kid at her father’s school, helped a family get some groceries (just to name a few)

In our language we use a term ‘Meezan’, quite elaborative in meanings. In Islam the basic principal of spending is somewhat very similar. Let’s not get into hard core mathematical division and percentage but the base line is so similar. Once you get your income divide it into portions for helping other, saving and then spend the rest of it. But I was amazed to read this article in the western world and hoping to see an example in our so called hardcore Islamic societies.

Pride and prejudice redefined

It was a lovely evening long drive and an impulsive shopping spree that took me and my hubby to the Lark n Finch sale to the most wanted streets of Lahore. Yes I am talking about MM Alam Road of Gulberg. My went in the shop to have aquick look and if it was worth making an effort  he would call me for the final approval (I love this feeling of giving final go ahead, J typical wife thing J .

So while I was waiting I started looking at the shops around and there was a sign I first misread. But then I went over to the door and read it again. The Sign said “ No men allowed without family” this is actually and truly a sign written on the door of a very famous clothing outlet. I felt a shock that may be they wanted to say something and it is being misread or mot written appropriately. But sadly enough I discovered that they did mean that no men are allowed if they don’t have a family. Here we are living God knows whatever escalated hip named society one can think of. But this is against the very human rights when you have the owners and male workers roaming around and being present at the outlet. How can you deprive men of not shopping from such a place? I think that men and women both should place a protest of redefining Pride and prejudice in today’s progressing society. It is totally understandable if it a secluded item with only a female items and female shoppers. If families are allowed I am wondering they would be asking for a proof next time that says that you are a family of accompany and God know s what would come next …