The Year 2021 has just passed by, the year will be remembered for Corona Pandemic around the world and survival struggle of mankind against it. With the advent of New Year 2022, the hope of overcoming this pandemic has started brewing with majority population are now vaccinated. So it’s high time to take a pause, look into flashback memories and realize that, did the cruel Pandemic teach us anything or can we learn any thing from heartbreaking Pandemic. Though corona tragedies made us realize how much we are superficial and brittle in humanity, feelings and overall responsibilities. But in the hindsight it also gave us some positive lessons we must not ever forget ever. I have tried to list few based on my experience which you might also agree:
1.Every problem has solution.
It’s a old slogan but in corona pandemic it is again proved that every problem has a solution. From simple steps of Social distancing, mask, sanitizer and now vaccine within just 1year, all have come as solution of once looked unconquerable corona pandemic. The need is not to be bogged down or loose balance, but face the problem head on for solution. Its true of individuals, society or even country.
2.Problems brings opportunity also.
Though many lost their livelihood in pandemic but some looked it in another way and started from scratch to turn away this misfortune, turning adversities into opportunities. This pandemic gave new opportunities to the makers of mask and PPE kit as well as of sanitizer makers. Even many giant companies realized that there is no need of such big company infrastructure and maintenance, work can be done from home, helped them optimizing the cost and sail through turbulent times.
3.Savings are capital.
As a generation, we always lived by credit cards and spending like there is no tomorrow. We forgot the golden learning taught by our elder to save a little for hard times. Corona pandemic told us that you never know when you became jobless, homeless or may be with half salary. So keeping some saving for such unknown future should always be mantra from now.
4.Every work has its own importance, no work is small.
With spread of pandemic and the lock–down followed, we all got locked up in our houses. We then realized that even managing good & clean home is both an art and a science. Corona pandemic told us that no work is small and even sweeper and house maids are much more important for maintaining our life continuity. So always respect the service rendered by them which we lot of time forget to do.
5.Patience is real strength.
Our patience is terribly tested by this Pandemic by closing us in our houses and making a social distance from community. So we could not go out for office, for shopping and meeting our friends, children could not go to parks & what not. but we all waited patiently to see the things change slowly and finally the happy days are again knocking our doors.
6.Incomplete knowledge is dangerous.
When Corona struck us, no body had any idea about this deadly virus. And every day some new information came some baked and some half baked. With fast paced social media apps and internet, at start many rumors were also got circulated about corona which caused large scale spread of disease. So, rather trusting any forwards, a clear and complete information of any situation, may be from multiple sources can help us to make better decisions.
7.Many droplets in combined may fill ocean.
When this terrible tragedy struck, no one was sure how to respond. Everything was looking big mesh and no where to start from. Then some wise people started individual efforts at their level to untie the situation, then lot of single efforts started pouring from all side and from the combined efforts of these, lot of help could be generated for needy people. So no effort is small however big the problem is, the better will come one day only when a small start is made by some one somewhere and need is to unite the people in worthy cause.
8.Superheros really exists.
We all grow up following media & cricket stars, thinking them reel heroes on screen. But in Pandemic Doctors, Nurses, Health workers, Paramedical staffs, Police even Ambulance drivers turned out to be real superheros, as it were them who stood in front line to save us from deadly virus with scant regard for their safety and families. So, now when your little toddler ask you that whether Superheros exist, tell them that Yes, superheros really exist and we have seen them toiling hard against virus and saving lifes.
9.The more you distribute to needy people, more you have.
The pandemic brought out some of best trait of human being that is to help others. Many hands came forward to help the people in distress and keep the spirit of humanity alive. Many distributed clothes, foods, medicines, water and got themselves richer by earning the blessing of distressed mothers, sisters, fathers and sons.
10.Time is real gem.
Pandemic shown us that when time wheel starts its rotation no other factors will be effective before it. So we ought to make best use of it before the eternal flame flashes out. So don’t regret past mistakes but learn from them, stop worrying about unknown future, let go the me & myself factor inside you as nothing is permanent, be happy in present and spread the joy of happiness where you go.
11.Health is wealth.
With our modern needs and to make our future secure, we are in continuous race to make some money, probably most of time forgetting about our health issues. But as said money can buy you bed not sleep, food but not appetite, luxury but not peace and wealth not health. In 2020 many rich and dynamic people left us due to their low health and weak immunity. Many aged person fought with corona and survived whereas many young people couldn’t survive. So money matters but your good health matters the most.
12.Age is no bar for self-improvement and learning.
Its said leaning has no age. There are many around us who made use of pandemic times for self learning and applied their innovations to have better future prospects. With hard cash looking risky, the many old age person started learning digital transaction, many bachelors & married couples improved their cooking skills from online material, Students & teaches adapted to digital teachings, even we can read lot of success stories of many middle aged people, when their usual business looked bleak, turned to digital skill for surviving their business. So age is just proved to be a number, learning should not stop till the permanent stop.
13.We can survive without house helpers and other helping staff.
In complete lock-down of 2 months, all house chores and cleaning activities had been done by families without any external help available. So its nothing bad in learning to be self reliant may be for fun or giving break to our house helpers some day to spend time with their own families.
14.We can survive also without outing and parties.
As we human beings are social animal and now days its like work hard and party harder but in pandemic its all gone out of window and it was like, we had to totally boycott social gathering and parties. But we survived, rather successfully with some good changes. The marriage parties were smaller but at least people knew each other. The small celebrations were inside the home but everybody was involved to do his or her bit. Even the balconies became means to know your next door neighbors. So party animal can also take break sometimes and get their soul also to little rest.
15.Unity is strength.
The body works well when all its part work in unison. The country is also like our body. We saw how different part worked in unison, the medical staff supported the patient, police helped in ensuring lock-downs, farmer made sure that no body is short of food, soldier guarded the frontiers well in theses challenging times, student and teaches supported each other, business made the country run for fulfilling its need of population and in the last pandemic researchers and scientists unitedly did their work and successfully gave the vaccine within 1 year of an unknown disease. So just great show of marching toward common goal.
16.Family and friends are real jewel.
So when was last time you found that playing carom with kids is also great stress buster, or helping your partner with daily chores is good exercise or video calls to old friends gang made you nostalgic about fun time spent with them. The pandemic gave all of this good times to realize that what we are loosing in these time races of our generation. So its never too late to relish some of goodies of quality time spend with near and dear ones.
17.Cleanliness and hygiene is really very important.
We learned in from our teachers and parents that cleanliness is Godliness. So old goods habits of placing slippers & shoes outside of home, washing our hands before entering house and eating, keeping waste at their marked places and of course traditional habit of greeting by saying Namaskar were few of early preventive steps which helped in big ways in controlling the spread of unknown virus. So its not for children to follow hygiene but adults also need to revisit some good learning lessons.
18.Immunity and home made food can help us to fight any disease.
In pandemic we realized that we could survive without pizzas, burgers, bathures, tandoori foods like outside fastfoods and home made food gives better health and immunity and its tasteful also when enjoyed with togetherness of families. Enjoying these mouth watering foods at weeks ends or special days is also not bad option now.
19.A small organism can stop whole world so do not proud on your size and strength.
In the last the Corona Pandemic showed us that how big world is brought to standstill by tiny invisible virus. No country was left which was not devastated by this pandemic. The mighty super power with their tanks, big armies and nukes were over humbled by lack of basic health care facilities. It made all realize that world is big single family, the pain of one will effect the other member and each species has its own scared place, which should not to be altered or disturbed by the others.
20.Think about yourself and give some time and space for your choice and hobbies.
No one really think about you in today’s big world, remember old good Pink Floyd song you are just a brick in the wall, so you should also not take seriously what other say or think about you. The pandemic taught us the brittleness of modern lifestyle, so do not wait for opportune time or another birth, bring out the old kept & closely guarded hobby inside any corner of heart be it music, cycling, dancing or solo ride to any place, look for me and only me time, may be few minutes as day or day in week or days in the month.
In the last, one can only say that there is no doubt that Corona was and is one of catastrophic pandemic ever struck to mankind, it brought on us innumerable and unbearable sufferings, many lost of their near and dear ones, many could not get proper see off, many livelihood opportunities were destroyed and many families felt apart. But like every night has morning, we could see the Sun of normalcy on the horizon and its never say die attitude of mortal human race that takes lessons from tragedies, so that its get better prepared for future eventualities. Hope you enjoyed reading and please share your views /experience of post.