March, 2020-January, 2021.
A very little things changed during this period physically for me(they could have changed if I would’ve tried, though). But if I talk about the spirituality or the psyche and perspectives about life, they changed completely in a way I never had thought they’d be. They changed very easily but steadily. What I mean by this is that I learned things by time. I learned things with different and weird experiences. I learned by spending A LOT of time with myself. In short, it took a considerable amount of time in transforming all my thoughts from 100 to 0 in case of complexities, and 0 to 100 in case of legitimacy and efficiency.
From a boy having complex and knotty thoughts and outlooks on life to a boy having no more than few of the simplest rules about life which I have started following(or maybe my nature has tend to follow them), and I heartily hope that I will be following them in my forthcoming life, I have changed.
I got transformed….
From a Worrier to a Worker
I would not say that I have started working 16 hours a day and have been producing my masterpieces everyday. But I will say that I have stopped worrying about my professional life. Here applies one of my most basic rules of life. When you work hard with an unyielding faith of having good results, there is no chance that the life is going to knock you out.
Of course, there will be competitions and oppressions of every kind. There will be anything one can possibly imagine, but worries. You know you’re doing your best than what’s the point of dismaying on times.
From a Selfish Soul(literally) into a Serving person
Ok, again, I won’t say that I have become a social worker and have started doing voluntary works. But, my point of view about living a consequential life has surely changed. We born, we live and we die. Simple. But what makes humans humans is that they serve each other. And the best soul on Earth is from whom people are availed.
Well, yeah, the second rule, serve as many people as you can in your life. This not only will give you a satisfaction but also will nourish your personality indirectly. I read in a book that when you give a flower to someone, some of it’s fragrance remains on your hand too.
We, using a line from the book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, are just a blip on the canvas of eternity. We just live once and for a very short period as compared to the timeline of human beings. So, serve as many people as you can so that when you are long gone from here, there will be at least one person who could remember you and say that yeah, there was a fine man who has lived and I got a good fortune to meet him.
Moreover. I learned that…
Family is the most Valuable Treasure
There is a term being popular in the young generation called “Nihilism” which means that everything around us is baseless. One of my friend asked me a question using this term that why my family is raising me and taking care of me? I am just a student yet, I am not giving them anything in return. Instead, I am using their money for studies and food. This thing seems baseless to me. Well, it surely is baseless if we see it scientifically(and even theoretically too). Our parents are not bound to take care of us or we are not bound to obey them and take care of them. But if we see this point as a human and not as homo sapiens, the whole point is baseless. What makes us human is the sense of love; the sense of sentiments and affection. We naturally have an intention to take care of our children and try to give something in return to our parents(when we are able to give) who took care of us all along.
World has become so fast. People don’t have time for others. But having a feeling that there are some people who really care for us, who really wants us and to whom we really mean, gives us the strength to keep going and spreading love around us. I am not sure if I made my point clear but hopefully the following lines of Charles Bukowski will…
“And when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when no body waits for you at night, and you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, Freedom or Loneliness?” I will call it loneliness. Yeah, some harsh parts takes part in our family life. But, again, that is what makes us human and our lives our lives.
All Dots Are Connected
Everything that is happening to you now is the result of the things that has happened to you in the past. Correspondingly, the things that are happening to you now will matter in the near or far future. But the point is that how we react or think about these events, especially about the negative ones. My belief is that everything happens for the sake of your good. You can figure this out by yourself. The bad thing that happened to you in the past must’ve resulted into something good later.
So, there is no need to take things too seriously. Just hope for the good.
Life is short. You have potential. Work. Earn. Love. Serve. And be the hero of your own life.
Despite the fact that a lot of shocking things happened during this pandemic, but I learnt and understood the things described above during this time. So, yeah, pandemic was a blessing for me. (Maybe for everyone if we look on it the other way.)
The Dreamers 