QUARANTINE : The Gift of COVID-19

This deadly virus has been taking tolls over many lives. The mushrooming of this abnormality has not even left sky-touching nations like America and Italy. The impacts are huge when seen in a normal human mind. As addressed by the Prime Minister of India, "Whenever any crisis breaks out or expands, generally, its expansion is restricted to a few countries or few states. But this epidemic has enveloped the whole humankind. Even when the two World Wars flared up globally, the affected countries were not as much as impacted by the outspread of Corona.” How this epidemic has grown and shown darker sides of life is significant from what is going on around the globe right now. 

But, I feel like reconsidering, how we have learnt some lessons, being a part of such a history. Lockdown, Quarantine, Isolation, whatever it may be called, it has been the historical part of each individual's life. After the World Wars , every generation in the world has witnessed such an epidemic and such huge lockdowns. But among this whole lot of stress going on, can we think of some possible positivity?

I'm gonna pen down what I feel. Be it acceptable or no, but I can estimate these positive sides of this pandemic:

• Coronavirus has gnawed in many people irrespective of their caste, religion, colour. It doesn't matter if we are black, white, Christian, Sikh, Hindu, Parsi, Muslim, Buddhist- we are all together involved in time of stress and can only survive if everyone does an effort and live in fraternity. People can stop being labelled in categories and respect one another as human beings.

• Even at the global level, we learnt how the global problems can be treated and dealt with, if every nation forgets the envy, competition and jealousy- be it America, be it India, be it Korea, be it Italy or be it Pakistan. If we are together, we are a powerful Earth.

• Health will be looked on as an important aspect  in every respect- be it sick leaves, health-related issues, precautions, preparations, facilities and everything related to health will be taken care of.

• There is fresh air in the atmosphere, less greenhouse gases and least level of pollution. We are blessed to have breath this clean air. Corona has given us a new way of living life- clean and healthy. Every individual is keeping his surroundings clean, using masks and sanitizing everything. This will become a part of life.

Coming to some lessons learnt individually, we should thank Corona for the blessing of slowing us from the race of our life and make us realise we have a family. Here are some lessons we learnt as a community:

• We can really survive on healthy lifestyle, and home-cooked food and can live without eating junk- from a kid to an adult, everyone in this world can follow a new and healthy lifestyle.

• We can survive without going out and roaming around on streets. If we are inside, we can be productive in our own way, fulfil our own aspirations and make an action plan for our lives. We spend a hell lot of petrol by roaming around and waste economic resources unnecessarily. We don't need vacations to relax.

• Developed and undeveloped is nothing. Every nation is equal when it comes to dealing with the problem. What matters is what decisions we take and how serious we consider the problem is. Monetary power is secondary.

• We have an intact and permanent family system. No matter what the situation is, your family will be there to support you in ups and downs, and your home will be the safest place.

• We have learnt to appreciate the family time and tell our father how much we love, tell our mother how much we miss the food she cooked, tell our grandparents that we are there for them, tell our siblings despite how much we fight, we will be together always and tell ourselves that we are strong.

• We have learnt to live without luxuries and adjust with our lot. It has told us how money can be abundant if spent well. We have learnt to utilise each thing to the fullest and not to waste it.

• We have realised, how much important, 1 out of 365 days, can be a curfew to relive yourself with your families.

• We have learnt that relations once built will never go away, even if you don't meet them.

• We have learnt to be together and do whatever it takes for us to save our country and our Earth.

Every individual has played the soldier by being confined to the "Lakshman Rekha" and being inside the safest walls. I was sitting idly and I didn't know what to do and then this came into one part of my mind. I penned it down for you to involve your attention and your time.

Sometimes things that have a dark shade can show us bright sides of life and teach us that no matter how much fast you run, sometimes a break is necessary. You have to sit back and feel your own self to nourish it, pamper it and energize it for a long marathon of life.