"Spread your wings Nothing is impossible, believe If I can do it you can spread your wings Nothing is impossible If I can do it you can spread your wings
Blessing haffi flow like a river”
I know these aren't the best of times for most people and the innumerable restrictions are nearly suffocating them. It seems like a nightmare, what the world has come down to. Remember, you are not alone in this. Everyone's feeling the hopelessness and the agony. But it wouldn't hurt to stay a little positive in this otherwise dim situation.
Believe it or not, this was a break that all of humanity needed but was too preoccupied to realise. We needed this time to ourselves, for some inwardly reflection. We finally have the time to indulge in what we love, to grow and to learn endlessly. This is not to say that I would happily choose to live like this forever, restricted within the four walls of my house, living in mortal fear of any human interaction; but that all of this - what we have and how we're living right now - is not as bad as it seems or as what we've made of it. It'll be a great loss if we don't savour every moment of this time-off.
This is new and definitely hard for all of us, but more so for the older generation. Netflix, prime, studies, internships save us from the endless cycle of boredom, but the options become even more limited for the older demographic. As helpless as we all are in this, the least we can do is understand them and be there for them.
We know better and will only be fooling ourselves if we believe that life will pounce back to normal as soon as all this ends. The life we see right now is here to stay for a while. Nonetheless, don't feed negativity to your mind. Stay positive, for your family’s sake if not your own. I cannot emphasise on how desperately this situation demands for us to be optimistic. We’ll be sure to lose our minds otherwise. This entire thing can go two ways - you can either accept this reality, make it your own, and find things to do in this new (maybe temporary) life of ours, or well, you can sulk and grumble. But the latter’s not going to do anyone any good. If you constantly reiterate that staying at home is wearing you out, so it will. But if you look at each day as an opportunity, you'll be indomitable.
I, for one, can confidently say that this phase has only made me stronger as an individual, more certain about myself and about what I want. It's made me more self-reliant. Before this, I couldn't cook, mop, clean or wash to save my life. It’s given me a chance to learn and do so many new things in ways I had never envisaged. Since I have the whole day to myself, I try to be active and productive so that I don’t go to bed guilt-ridden. I am doing things for myself. I'm working on myself, patiently and without any stress, taking one day at a time as time is all I have.
I don’t mean to suddenly move you to action or to make you feel bad for not doing anything except binge watching and eating (trust me, it’s okay). Everyone is dealing with this differently. Some are just sitting back and rejuvenating, while others are taking up different things to stay occupied. All I’m saying is, shed the negativity.
The point of this is to remind you, to breathe, relax, rest, nourish, and to not think too much. Remember, no pressure. Life hasn't stopped, it's just indoors now. And I'm sure we'll all come out of this better - more considerate and more grateful. 2020, no matter how 'cursed' it is, is certainly putting quite a few things in perspective. It's indeed a blessing in disguise.
As Dickens said it, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." It's for you to decide what you want to make of this time.
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