Muniba mazari The inspiring "Iron lady of pakistan"

they see my disability I see my ability they call me disabled I call myself differently abled there are some incidents that happened in your life those incidents break you deform you but they mold you into the best version of you and the same thing happened to me I was 18 years old when I got married my father wanted me to get married and all I said was if that makes you happy I'll say yes and of course it was never a happy marriage just about after two years of getting married I made a car accident somehow my husband fell asleep and the car fell in the ditch he managed to jump out saved himself I'm happy for him but I stayed inside the car and I sustained a lot of injuries list is a bit long don't get scared the wrist was fractured shoulder bone and collarbone were fractured my whole ribcage got fractured and because of the rib cage injury lungs and liver were badly injured I couldn't breathe I lost yurina bowel control that's why I have to wear the bag wherever I go three vertebrae off my back bone were completely crushed and I got paralyzed for the rest of my life I finally ended up in a hospital where I stayed for two and a half months I underwent multiple surgeries one day doctor came to me and he said well I heard that you wanted to be an artist but you ended up being a housewife I have a bad news for you you won't be able to paint again because your wrist and your arm are so deformed you won't be able to hold a pen again next day doctor came to me and said your spine injury is so bad you won't be able to walk again because of your spine injury and the fixation that you have in your back you won't be able to give birth to a child again that day I was devastated I asked my mother why me and that is where I started to question my existence why am I even alive and that is where I realized that the words have the power to heal the soul my mother said to me this too shall pass God has a greater plan for you I don't know what it is but it surely has and in all that distress in grief somehow or the other those words were so magical that they kept me going one day I asked my brother's I know I have a deformed hand but I'm tired of looking at these white walls in the hospital and wearing these white scrubs I'm getting tired of this I want to add more colors to my life I want to do something bring me some colors bring me some small canvas I want to paint so the very first painting I made was on my deathbed where I painted for the very first time it was not just an art piece or just my passion it was my therapy and then I was discharged and I went back home and I went back home and I realized that I have developed a load of pressure ulcers on my back and on my hip bone I was unable to sit there were a lot of infections in my body a lot of allergies so doctors wanted me to lie down on the bed straight for not six months for not one year for two years I was bedridden confined in that one room looking outside the window listening to the birds chirping and thinking maybe there will be a time when we'll be going out with a family and enjoying the nature that was the time where I realized how lucky people are that is the time where I realized that the day I'm going to sit I'm going to share this pain with everyone to make them realize how blessed they are and they don't even consider them lucky that day I decided that I'm going to fight my fears we all have fears fear of unknown fear of losing people fear of losing health money we want to excel in career we want to become famous we want to get money we are scared all the time so I wrote down one by one all those fears and I decided that I'm going to overcome these fears one at a time you know what was my biggest fear divorce I was trying to cling on to this person who didn't want me anymore but I said no I have to make it work but the day I decided that this is nothing but my fear I liberated myself by setting him free and I made myself emotionally so strong there the day I got the news that he's getting married I sent him a text that I'm so happy for you and I wish you all the best and he knows that I pray for him today number two was I won't be able to be a mother again and that was quite devastating for me but then I realized there are so many children in the world all they want is acceptance so there is no point of crime just go and adopt one and that's what I did people think that there will not be accepted by the people because we in the world of perfect people are imperfect so I decided that instead of starting an NGO for disability awareness which I know will not help anyone I started to appear more in public I started to paint I decided that I'm going to join the national TV of Pakistan as an anchorperson and I've been doing a lot of shows for last three years I became the National goodwill ambassador for UN Women Pakistan and now I speak for the rights of women children we talk about inclusion diversity gender equality which is a must every time I go in public are almost my it's always it big do these my llama facin people ask me don't you get tired of smiling all the time what's the secret I always say one thing but I have stopped worrying about the things that I have lost the people that have lost things and people who were meant to be with me are with me and sometimes somebody's absence make you a better person cherish their absence it's always it's always a blessing in disguise live your life fully accept yourself the way you are be kind to yourself be kind to yourself I'll repeat be kind to yourself and only then you can be kind to others love yourself and spread that love life will be hard there will be turmoil there will be trials but that will only make you stronger so when you accept yourself the way you are the world recognizes you it all starts from within [Music] [Music]

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Length: 7min 23sec (443 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 18 2017