What lockdown taught us

Exams are going to be conducted, the financial year is going to end, and summer holidays are yet to come. There comes a breaking blast, ‘LOCKDOWN’. Happiness was among all the students that their holidays are being preponed. But, I never expected online classes. Work from Home was exciting, but work became hectic day by day. 

India is fourth among the countries severely hit by the Covid-19 crisis. 24/7 headlines about COVID. Lakhs of people lost life and are still losing. The journey of life was driving on wheels of fear. Days passed, but no change in situations.

In this struggle, 2020 has come to an end, and the new decade started with new hopes, desires, striving for a better and best life. We started to think positively.

FAMILY, THE FIRST PRIORITY :

There exist a few things which bring a smile on our lips. But, in the life of race, we forget to remember them.  Father to son, mother to daughter, we are all bound to the most beautiful relationships all over the world. But, the beauty is not felt these days. The lockdown has provided a wonderful opportunity to spend time with parents, kids, and cousins. The good olden days were again, the childhood memories repeated. And therefore, the sacrifices got recognized, and made us feel the family as the most important priority.

HEALTH, THE BIGGEST ASSET:

We may be wealthy, but can’t be healthy. We can buy medicines but can’t buy fitness. Every rich person becomes poor, once he is in a hospital bed. So, we started to maintain our health by exercising, walking, jogging. We are involved in one or another physical activity daily. Home workout and activities like Zumba and Yoga became popular. As there are no restaurants and hotels, we only preferred home food and came to know that no food is tastier than this.

MENTAL WELL BEING, THE PEACEFUL WORLD:

Being closed by the four walls, the ever known silence has struck which disturbed and led to depression. The uncontrolled thoughts turned into uncontrolled actions. Having less people around, it became hard to control our emotions. The only way to get out of this is meditation. We all came to know how being spiritual can bring change in our daily lives. Reading books, gardening, cooking, the way we changed our habits, we changed our lifestyle, and therefore our actions and thoughts. 

NATURE, THE BEST GIFT:

Smoke from vehicles, CFCs from air conditioners, refrigerators, and many more. We have taken nature's silence as granted from these many years. We neither took responsibility to rebuild the environment nor cared for pollution control. But, as there was no transport, the air, and noise pollution have been reduced in these months. The world with pollution is equal to the world without population.

The reality of life is enlightened in lockdown. Hope, the learned life lessons will never be forgotten and will help the world change into a best place.