When this ends...
As the proverbial words take us for a spin, "Hope is Good", we ponder on whether how much of it actually is. For a while now, the world has been through so much. It would be harsh to blame any said year for the same. In my opinion, it is just bad timing. Or, Mother Earth had too much of us to bear on her part. She might have cried for help in the past, but our everyday commotion made us oblivious to the aggravated scenario that already was. We've witnessed innocent Koalas crying for help amidst the wildfires of Australia, multiple scams and fallouts of known associations and a virulent disease that sprung out of nowhere and took the entire globe by a storm the human race was extremely under-prepared for. No sooner could we act a little on time, than a disease spread far more quickly and out of visible, attainable reach.
You ask, what harm did we do to have been thrashed and subjected to such untrodden folly ? I'd say, actually we could benefit from this. While it is serious and needs extensive care, the problem in itself comes with some light within the tunnel. When was the last time we actually had a conversation with the people in our home ? When was the last time we picked up a hobby and tried to engage ourselves to perfection in it ? When was the last time we just sat, went through memories and let life take it's course ? This is that very time where we all need a breather and so does the world. Every particle of it needs to rest. To just be. There could be stressful moments of figuring out how not to catch the virus when we go grocery shopping, but oh ! When have prayers shielded a person having gone out to perform this task so selflessly ? If anything, the panic is bringing us closer to our own selves as well as the people we love.
Being homebound is such an undermined joy. You're with the people you love. What more would you want in this time ? Try asking those who are deprived of merely this privilege. Sitting by the window at 3 in the noon, immersed in reading a book or being with parents in the living room, playing a board game, talking and actually making efforts to stay in touch with long lost friends and those countless bursts of gratitude on knowing that everyone we know is hale and hearty. Life lately has been so frivolous and stale that one does not realize how blessed he/she is. When the hovering threat of this disease ends, we need to realize how blessed we were, to have had umpteen moments of peace and love with the ones that matter. Never saying no to socializing is a drastic change and certainly depends on how much of it one wants, but we would surely be more grateful of atleast having been invited. And more so, a part of us would really feel like being around familiar faces. The flip side is just as beautiful. We would, I bet, always be in a rush to be home to just be with family. We would use this hard time as the best reference. "Remember when the pandemic struck, and I was huddled up with my family and felt so strongly just how much I missed out on those moments previously"...would be a reminiscence of the realization that without family, nothing seems possible.
With all the complexities, stress and fear the current situation presents us, it also tells us to go easy on ourselves and everything around. To completely be in the moment, also praying with all might for busier and more productive days to come. My heart goes out to all the daily wage earners and how they're putting up a strong front currently, managing on every possible resource they might have at hand. Deaths do sadden us, and may those departed souls find eternal peace. May we never treat any symptom of illness or any peculiar discomfort for granted. All the governing bodies of every country are doing their optimum best. Daunting Police officers, Army personnel, miraculous doctors and every single person engaged in healthcare sector are akin to God for us at the moment. Cooperating with them for our own safety as well as theirs is the least we could do. So this is merely an excerpt of how I feel, currently requesting everyone to be home, safe and sound. We're all in this together, and not in the endgame. This pause promises a beautiful, united and strong future for the generations to come. Let us all look into this with all positivity, hope and strength.
Any amount of hope is good. Let's sail through this, for this too shall pass :) !
All my love,
N 💗
You ask, what harm did we do to have been thrashed and subjected to such untrodden folly ? I'd say, actually we could benefit from this. While it is serious and needs extensive care, the problem in itself comes with some light within the tunnel. When was the last time we actually had a conversation with the people in our home ? When was the last time we picked up a hobby and tried to engage ourselves to perfection in it ? When was the last time we just sat, went through memories and let life take it's course ? This is that very time where we all need a breather and so does the world. Every particle of it needs to rest. To just be. There could be stressful moments of figuring out how not to catch the virus when we go grocery shopping, but oh ! When have prayers shielded a person having gone out to perform this task so selflessly ? If anything, the panic is bringing us closer to our own selves as well as the people we love.
Being homebound is such an undermined joy. You're with the people you love. What more would you want in this time ? Try asking those who are deprived of merely this privilege. Sitting by the window at 3 in the noon, immersed in reading a book or being with parents in the living room, playing a board game, talking and actually making efforts to stay in touch with long lost friends and those countless bursts of gratitude on knowing that everyone we know is hale and hearty. Life lately has been so frivolous and stale that one does not realize how blessed he/she is. When the hovering threat of this disease ends, we need to realize how blessed we were, to have had umpteen moments of peace and love with the ones that matter. Never saying no to socializing is a drastic change and certainly depends on how much of it one wants, but we would surely be more grateful of atleast having been invited. And more so, a part of us would really feel like being around familiar faces. The flip side is just as beautiful. We would, I bet, always be in a rush to be home to just be with family. We would use this hard time as the best reference. "Remember when the pandemic struck, and I was huddled up with my family and felt so strongly just how much I missed out on those moments previously"...would be a reminiscence of the realization that without family, nothing seems possible.
With all the complexities, stress and fear the current situation presents us, it also tells us to go easy on ourselves and everything around. To completely be in the moment, also praying with all might for busier and more productive days to come. My heart goes out to all the daily wage earners and how they're putting up a strong front currently, managing on every possible resource they might have at hand. Deaths do sadden us, and may those departed souls find eternal peace. May we never treat any symptom of illness or any peculiar discomfort for granted. All the governing bodies of every country are doing their optimum best. Daunting Police officers, Army personnel, miraculous doctors and every single person engaged in healthcare sector are akin to God for us at the moment. Cooperating with them for our own safety as well as theirs is the least we could do. So this is merely an excerpt of how I feel, currently requesting everyone to be home, safe and sound. We're all in this together, and not in the endgame. This pause promises a beautiful, united and strong future for the generations to come. Let us all look into this with all positivity, hope and strength.
Any amount of hope is good. Let's sail through this, for this too shall pass :) !
All my love,
N 💗
Yay!!! Some parts is like ohh great great and great!!
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DeleteWonderfully described the whole situation of this pandemic with a slight feeling of increasing care to our closed ones , family and friends. Marvelous point of closeness to parents and distance couldn't effect the real friendship. That is also true , our deeds on this holy land have to be paid by us and future love to mother earth. Just perfectly written this 3 months in this 4 passages.
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