Value recycling

On my way from Karachi to Jaty (Tatah in Sindh, Pakistan), I started a discussion with my car companion Umair. I wanted to discuss the topic of recycling values and being recycled by the values themselves. Umair was upset because of the long, uncomfortable drive on bumpy roads and felt that such a discussion was boring.  We struggled and struggled, but in the end we came up with an answer.

The value stays forever with us. It is a part of our culture, life and death. Communities tend to gravitate around moral values as they cannot survive without a strong moral code. The question is how we can renew the core values for different generations in different areas. I feel it is the role of scholars to deliver this recycled value in new format to be understood and digested by communities.

On the other hand, Umair answered the question of him being recycled by a value. The value here has another role: if we believe in a value, it becomes the driving force behind our actions. Are we ready to be recycled? Or are we made of sterner stuff, unable to reshape our thoughts?

A challenge lies ahead for all of us: on scholars to understand the masses, address the needs and deliver values in a digestible way and above all, on the young generation who can adapt values.