Lock down Lessons

While we have all gotten used to wrapping our minds around lock down, Covid-19 is playing a much deeper game with the world. None of us are sure if we have seen the worst case scenario yet, but we all are coping with what life has thrown at us. In spite of the pandemonium it has created, the global pandemic behooves me for the life lessons, it has taught in a short time.

1. This planet is not just ours. It belongs to other species too. We acted otherwise all along.
2. There is no substitute to family. It’s a big safety net.
3. Everything else has its substitutes – from the simple newspaper to an herb like oregano. Absolutely anything can be substituted. No Oregano use fresh basil from the pots. No moisturizer use coconut oil and the list goes on.
4. Important to be creative, in everything – especially in cooking. How else would I have survived so many days impressing two men, with some limited resources.
5. Even the strong ones need help and support – physically and emotionally. Give it without being judgmental.
6. The stone rejected by builders becomes the cornerstone – got to understand the real meaning of this verse. Our elliptical has moved from the first floor to our terrace due to complete lack of patronage and during this lock down it has been a saving grace for our workouts.
7. It’s not enough that you have a good collection of professional wear, but imperative that you have a good collection of home wear too. To create an feel good factor, I lavishly used all the holiday wear at home.
8. I always believed we paid a big price for a house, as its is locked most of the day and we get back late in the evenings. No, I am wrong. Its definitely serving its ROI now.
9. There is nothing that cannot happen virtually – weddings, birthdays, Zumba, mass, family get together's, games, why even funerals.
10. It pays to have good neighbors around, especially when you end up seeing them almost every day for more than 40 days
11. Hopeless and futile to have dependencies in life. Change is the only constant thing.
12. Always knew the uncertainty of life, but Covid-19, took it a little far. Attitude adjustment is the key.
13. When its between life and death, everything else can wait. That includes religion too.
14. For what it’s worth other interests in life would help you sustain yourself during slow down days, even later – reading, art, writing, music, plants, pets, cooking, dreaming, cleaning and not to forget Netflix. Apply your mind and this list is endless.
15. In no time, the discernibly strong can spiral out of control and look like fools
16. For all we know L.I.F.E could just turn around willfully, malevolently and vindictively anytime. Don’t we ever forget that.
17. Yes. Life can take a complete U turn in no time and without any notice!
18. Health is what we all need to aspire for. Nothing more. Nothing less. Period.
19. We all desire for continuity and that’s exactly why we see people scaling up to the unprecedented times – school teachers using virtual apps for classes, people coming up with innovative videos on music and many more.
20. Education that we thought is the most important has taken a back seat.  how do explain that?
21. The most ordinary of the folks cannot be replaced and they still work.   the garbage cleaner, vegetable vendor, the milk man, the nurses, the ward boys
22. While we all sit smugly in the safety of homes, there are health workers who are right in the middle of the chaos, making sacrifices
23. There is no limit to the foolishness of the humankind.  One world leader can prove it to us.
24. Isn’t this Pandemic a great leveler? Almost like time?