“I wish if I could change the world as Heaven”

Have we ever thought about the poor children, who all day, all night without any dreams or any hopes aimlessly roam around the streets, just for some pennies, which the rich people sometimes out of sympathy give them? 

Sometimes we do think about them but then we shut our minds consoling our hearts with the unbelievable fact that this is a very normal issue. Sometimes some great amicable people do extend their hands for these innocent children but this charity exists temporarily.

 Are their lives always meant to be like this? Don’t they have any right, any freedom to live their dreams, to make their lives better?

Few days ago I saw some children in front of BFC and their physical, emotional and spiritual condition snatched my complete attention. 

The tender blank faces of these poor children pregnant with poverty explicating their inarticulate yearn for some food brought tears to my eyes. All they want in the world is to have better conditions to live ,not by having a home, a car, a pocket full of money but by determination, respect and by seeing their near ones not dying out of hunger .But in most cases they are being ignored, humiliated by the “high class society.”

There are many third-world countries like Bangladesh where poor children cannot afford to attend to school. At a very young age, they are taught how to earn their living, how to take the whole responsibility of their family. In order to learn their livelihood, most of the time they are being sent to different houses to work as a servant .This steals their joy, child like belief, behavior, vision and hope.  Moreover it foster apathy to their dreams as fulfilling dreams require hard work, inspiration and determination that are rooted in their hope and permeated by their optimistic attitude of sheer positivity. No play, no education, no childhood, no progression. Money decides a child’s future! What kind of world do we live in where the future of the planet cannot go forward to pursue their dreams, to better the world? Maybe future doctors, engineers and Presidents are living in the streets today but we turn our faces away rather than facing the reality.

Financial poverty is the biggest visible factor limiting a child’s dream and it compels many children to suffer from chronic, debilitating lack of aspiration. It is time to say stop! Without money, no future?-- But there is always a hope. Why should we regard poverty as a hindrance to one’s success?  

The things they desire for make them happy, so let us give them that happiness. Let’s face the fact. The world is ours; we are the inhabitant of this world, if we don’t extend our hands who else will. 

This is the only way we can see smiles in these innocent children’s faces and make their small small wishes come true and add extra sweet fragrance to their tough rough lives.

In my opinion, heaven is a place where everyone is happy, no one is hungry and no one is a racist. It is time to integrate with each other because these people need us, it is time to show that we have golden hearts and we are real humans. 

It is the just time to show that we, not only care for ourselves but also for others in our planet. Why will their dreams be limited because of poverty? 

They also have got the maximum right to weave their dreams .So let’s show these people that they are not alone, the whole planet is with them to fulfill their dreams and somebody from somewhere still cares about them.

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Written by --------Salsabila Nesar

Student of class seven, European Standard School (ESS)

Mohammadpur, Dhaka.