The dream sellers

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The dream sellers:

What the mind can conceive it can achieve! Man conceived a place where delusions and deceptions could be turned into a reality thus the ‘idiot box’!
One can’t really blame the young generation for thinking that patience is to wait while the vending machine processes their request or the video uploads or downloads 😏.  Two complete generations used to getting a result at a push of a button cannot recognise what strive and struggle is, what patience is.
Just yesterday after about a month I sat down with the kids to see what they were watching. I saw only two advertisements .
Kids saying:
میری ہر خوشی بسکونی!
If only this could actually happen! 🙄
These people need to meet our children and understand that happiness is not as simple as bisconni!

Men on motorcycles holding on to women saying:
گرپ سروس جیسی تو فکر کیسی!
One wonders for a moment at what he’s actually saying and what he’s holding on to. Genius! Pure genius!
Not only do the dreads in the tyre help one in holding on to one’s dear life while on a motorcycle but they also act as a natural adhesive in holding on to relationships! ( sitting on the bike behind you)

Amazingly talented people these. Magicians ! Dream sellers! They sell a two minute dream and we buy it everytime! I just wonder sometimes that when we finally wake up will our reality be as pleasing and normal as Peter’s or will it have turned into a nightmare while we were busy buying newer and longer dreams!

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