Quarantine Days of COVID-19

Day 06 (30-03-2020)

Monday; Thank me later

Urrrggghhhhh!! It's Monday again. That's how We, as Office and School going people react towards the start of the weekday. Lots of deadlines to meet, new projects to look upon, leftover from last week and what not. Most of us, including me, have never been thankful enough to the time we've had in life. We have always had; Regrets, Excuses, Dis-satisfactions, Questions, Sorrows and Disbelief to offer. It's not that one shouldn't have anything mentioned above but where we go wrong is that all of this is in abundance and only daily basis. Wherein, Gratitude, Acceptance, Satisfaction, Answer, Joy and Belief is given a very little place in all that and that too once in a blue moon.

When, We as humans process a thanks in life, we relate it to only good things or something which brings fruitfulness to us. Well, that's where we miss the trick. Thanks is not for the good but it's for each and everything that happens or comes across in life. Let me give you a subtle  example of the same.

 A girl named DIHAHS was a very good dancer. She never expressed that to her family or even participated in any school or college event. Her talent was just a waste as it wasn't known to anyone,except her own self. One bad day, she met with an accident and a bike ran over her leg. It was severally injured and she was given a physio recommendation after her operation. The, physio used all the tricks and techniques he had to make her walk again but to no use. On a random day, when he was too tired of trying to cure her, he asked the girl what's it that you can do to cure yourself because now I can't cure you at all. The girl said, Dance. She started dancing by limping and falling down but she managed to get up and try again. After months of practice, she was back to her normal self. And afterwards, she took dancing as her career and there was no stopping her.

First of all, this is a fictional story which I made up just now. But, it gives you the idea of thanking and it's importance. Now, the accident in the story is that bad thing which we in normal life won't thank at any cost. But, have we considered at any point, it was because of the accident that DIHAHS grove and grew to what she was born for, dancing. If life would have been like the same, she would have never expressed her love for dancing.

We as humans have to thank the situations and on-goings that occur in our daily life. For, gratitude is the biggest asset a human can posses to overcome things which he or she thinks of as impossible. Giving it a try and maintaining that not backing down attitude, makes us the humans we are. The thanks goes out to all of the people who have been in your life or still are. To your family, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, well wishers and most importantly to those who have tried to break you, stop you and discourage you. They deserve a better gratitude as it's because of them you kept going on and did what they never wanted you to. Last but never the least, after thanking all of them, take time and thank yourself. Yes, it's you and only you who has been up all the time whenever you were taken down. Before anyone else coming to the rescue, you have been your whole and soul help.

We tend to give thanks to everything and everyone else around us who has made us grow and reach places but we forget that no matter what if it wasn't us who kept going, all of them would have failed. So appreciate yourself, pay your back and take time to embrace the good and bad you did. Eliminating the latter one and becoming a better human being. Let's hope that we go on appreciating everyone for everything and then our own selves as well for being the hero of our life. 

Till then Bon Voyage guys, Sayonara!!

P.S. Today's positive is negative. The negative decisions, negative incidents and negative choices you, I and others here did and landed up with something that pleased them at the end. So, whatever comes your way, respect that and absorb it. Make the good out of it no matter how bad it is. Set an example, for none else but yourself.

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Quarantine Days of COVID-19

Day 05 (29-03-2020)

High Fives but Low Lives

The weekend is here and people who were asking for everyday to be a holiday are already fed up of staying back home. They have now understood how it is to be at home doing nothing or being less productive. People are now getting to know that it is very hard to communicate with others around them. No, it is not the language barrier but the barrier of lives. They have not had a sight of each others lives, which now makes it hard for them to go along. The world has kept them so busy in their own lives that they forgot that someone else's matters too.

The lives of most of today's individuals is at halt. They have no clear idea, meaning, vision and destination in their life. Things that they do are haywire. Things are done without any thought process at all. Yes, the soul doesn't need to think about this and accepts things as and when they come. But, even if things are done in such a way then it should at least give peace to the soul. Alas! the soul is far away from peace and is deprived of anything near to peace. 

Haven't you ever thought of crossing through the bridge of YOU and YOU? No, I am not confusing anyone here. The first YOU is the worldly person all know and the latter YOU is someone which even you're confused of. The low life one is living and trying to impress the world around him, which in return thrashes his identity to shallows of darkness. What good is it when the real you is left off and the bodily you is known to not only the world but to your own self as well.

The best thing to overcome this is, find the person you're. After counselling your own self, your loved ones will help you in regaining the real you. To identify who the loves ones are, apart from your Lord Almighty, Parents and Siblings, understand that they're very limited and very minimal in numbers. Thus, a very small group of real people is what you've. For me, I'm blessed with  MOUN CIVIL ENGINEER, BLESSING in DISGUISE and GORILLA. I don't have to think, wait or prepare myself when talking or sharing anything with them. 

It is not a mandatory thing to talk to such people or share with them, if you don't feel to. But anything that goes to them, you don't have to make them understand or justify the same. Thus, give it a try and see how lucky you're if you have this small group in life. If you don't find one, try to widen your search and see that someone you thought will not be the one, undoubtedly will be that one. Once found, talk to them, explore with them, share with them, go crazy with them and make sure to BE YOU when you're with them. 

Till then Bon Voyage guys, Sayonara!!

P.S. Today's positive is to give people in your life a chance to get an insight of your life. But, remember waste no time in excluding them and giving them a minus of the privilege if they're not worthy. Never bare any scheme of giving such people alternative options. If they're worthy, they stay. If they're not, they're out. Simple.  

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Quarantine Days of COVID-19

Day 04 (28-03-2020)

Mirror Mirror on the Wall 

The pictures I post with each blog of this series features me in front of a mirror. What does the mirror reflect? It reflects me as I'm, what I'm wearing and how I'm looking, right? Yes, but that is the partial truth. The mirror talks to me and asks me questions no one has ever dared to. What do I propose with the life I've been gifted? What makes me go out of the bed every morning? Who all matter to me and to whom does my life matters? 

And many other realistic questions are queued up by the mirror in front of me and the mirror inside me. So what are my answers? Am I going to answer or justify myself somehow? Before, I explain and answer this, I want all of you to pause here and check that mirror inside you and see if the same questions are posed to you too. And if its a yes, the what answers do you have. Share them with me and others in the comments section.

I don't have detailed answers to all of these questions as it'll take ages for the same. I've rather accumulated a simple answer that explains everything asked above. We, as Humans have a special place for our own selves. The body, the mind and the soul are connected to each other. The connection can be known or unknown to some. 

When the question comes from within, the answer is always in the question itself. The soul will answer you for this. The soul has the answers to all of the chaos happening in and around you. If one settles down the chaos with his/her soul then everything else falls into place. 

Now, the big question is who will bell the cat? Here, how to settle the chaos of the soul. It is very simple yet very tough to process. The soul is pure and always remains so thus it will only accept good and pure thoughts and actions. So, we have to feed it only pure and good and our job will be done. Now, I can't tell you what's pure and good for your soul. 

You've to figure that out yourself and your inner voice will help you in this. Make sure, you keep on trying to listen to that voice of yours over anything and anyone. That voice will never be wrong for you. It might not sound right in the world of today's mess but give it a try and I bet you'll be fond you did.

The answers have always been right in front of you but as they say whatever is too nearby is blur to the sight. Thus, let's give this a chance and see if we change for good. As far as I know, we will for sure and it is a different feeling to change for good. 

Till then Bon Voyage guys, Sayonara!!

P.S. Today's positive is that talking to yourself and accepting the wrongdoings will do no harm to you at all. Rather, it will help you be at peace and make you stable in life. The focus on the path you're on will be more precise and on target. So, keep murmuring to yourself because you are your best friend and the most authentic version too. 

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Quarantine Days of COVID-19

Day 03 (27-03-2020)

Needs and Wants

The term 'Need' is well understood by all of us. It is something that is a necessity to survive; for instance, Food, Water, Air and a Shelter are the basic needs. The term 'Want' is a materialistic approach towards a need. This can be understood very easily and clearly. Today, I have understood the same well enough and I can't wait to share that with all of you.

If we take one of the basic need, let's say Water and try to see it in the form of Want. Drinking water, using it for bathing or washing utensils and clothes comes into so far so good category. The materialistic want makes you be selfish and you try to use it unnecessarily. Like say, washing the glass every time you use it to drink your juice or soft drink. This can be easily saved if one uses the bottle directly. In my case, the two guys with me and I, who live away from our families, can go ahead and use that soft drink bottle rather than a glass and then wash it again and again.

This sounds pretty easy, isn't it and we are still thinking that how much water will be saved by this. I am not good at numbers and equations but i can say for sure that by the end of the month we can save enough water for a poor family to drink from for at least a week or two. Think and ponder upon this.

Okay, let's move onto the second example. In current age, Internet is not a want but a need not the basic one but still it is, no question on that. But how do we as humans answer ourselves when we have internet on our phones (wherein each member of the family has his/her own) but we still require WiFi or Broadband connections. Yes, I know the answer. The speed, extra work from office or school assignments etc. But, are we really so zombie-fied  with internet that it has moved its place from want to secondary need and now it is on the list of our basic need.

Back in Kashmir, when the lock-down started due to the abrogation of article 370, we were not only left without essentials commodities but no phones, no landlines, no internet for more than 100 days. Guess what, I am still alive and blogging. This states that for me mobile phone and internet wasn't a basic necessity but yes it was a want, with which i coped up in some days itself and i literally felt rejuvenated.

Today let's pledge to ourselves and try to find the list of things in our current life which are our wants and needs. I bet you all will find numerous things which should exchange places. Some Needs should go into the list of Wants and vise verse. Wherein some should just be taken off from both. So, pledge to your own self that I will be overcoming my wants which shouldn't be on the list at all and I will balance life with peace. Till then Bon Voyage guys, Sayonara!!

P.S. Today's positive is that the Human Body is a Robot of an extreme level. It is programmed to learn the whole life. Thus, we all make sure that whatever we give it as an input, it will process the same and the output will be nothing out of the box. Thus, help yourself in growing and achieving the things you've always desired of. Nobody else is going to do that for you. Accept the harsh reality, grind hard, sweat more and kick yourself to do better every day you open your eyes.

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Quarantine Days of COVID-19

Day 02 (26-03-2020)

Isolated Thoughts

The variety of music we play in our balcony is unmatched. It always starts with any Punjabi dance grooving number then moves onto any slow Bollywood romantic, Heartbroken ones to any life inspiring Ghazal. The music played is not to entertain us or anyone else in their balconies but is an escape plan.

The plan to get isolated, not only by my bodily actions but isolated in my thoughts too. Rather to get thoughts pirated and diluted, it is better to get them isolated. Far away from humans and humanistic approach, I, am ready to preserve my thoughts in a better manner. Humans are known to ambush other fellow beings with a very unknown virus. The virus we are currently fighting against is only here for a time being but the virus we humans transmit is unrecoverable. 

The virus of negativity that transmits from one person to another and the chain goes on and on. There is no cure to it if you get in contact. The only thing that can save you or me as from getting affected is isolation. Isolation of our thoughts from such humanistic approach.

As i ponder upon myself and humans around me, i come across a variety of such negative virus we pass on. Let's say for instance, the guys with me are hurried onto thinking about the salary. They are, for sure thinking about a lot of aspects but why not think in a positive manner. 

So let's keep up the positive virus spreading among all the humans around refrain from the negative virus to be incorporated. Let's keep our thoughts isolated from that negative virus and help others too in keep the mind isolated with many escape routes. 

P.S.  Today's positive is that the mind is a great healer but a worse keeper as it keeps everything stored. Good or bad, doesn't matter. So, move that trash from the mind and keep up the positive.

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Quarantine Days of COVID-19

Day 01 (25-03-2020)

Change of Pattern

The pattern has changed, the morning starts at 1700 hrs. Pasting the teeth,bathing and getting afresh. The breakfast is ready at around 1830 hrs. The balcony has become my living room. The music of all kinds, the outside world and the unknown neighbors are looked upon from there.

Biryani has been replaced by MAGGIE as my staple. It's in for breakfast, lunch and dinner. That's only when we have any of these on time. The Trio (Nitin, Yash and Me) are crazy enough to laugh on each other's silly jokes. Yash is always feeling hot that the fan goes off almost never in the living room (the real living room) not the balcony. Nitin on the other hand is in his own realm thinking of his non-figured figure. He's in the same Bermuda Shorts from last 4 days. He roams in and out of the balcony as if he has to greet his fans outside like SHAH RUKH KHAN comes onto MANNAT's balcony.

The days are going to be tough for sure but what good it will do is that HUMANS will have a very different approach towards nature from now on. Even, if this mess and chaos helps out changing a single person, it will be a win. By this, we get to know what good and bad we have thwarted upon Mother Nature. 

I will be trying to find positives, good and happiness in the simple things i come across during these days and share the same with you all. So stay connected, pouring in your inputs and watching the story of being in a lock-down.

P.S. Today's positive is that a smile is enough to start the day on a good note. A smile to your own self in the mirror and then the smile to others. So let's make sure we make ourselves smile first then pass on that to others.

   

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