Lockdown story

1^st May, 2020

New Delhi, Dwarka

My story of Lockdown

Rupa Ajith

LIFE CHANGING MOMENTS

v Gratitude for being blessed of having life, every morning finding myself alive! Honoring life has become a part of lifestyle

v Seeing so many deaths worldwide, have come to terms that Death is ultimate, it is imminent! Its is scary but let’s face it and be prepared to give the best to life

v Adopting positive aptitude to this crisis  with the faith that this too shall pass.

v Slowing down, pause and reflect is important to the gauge the  experiences achieved so far! Its Motivating to move on in the right direction with the right purpose, gives meaning to life

v Feeling Nature blossom like never before thanks to lockdown, no locomotives, no smoke. It’s the fresh showers, inhaling pure air make me feel rejuvenated

v Practically witnessing the eternal universal truth that there is a Higher power in Nature much above us. Humans are but a speck dust and this reality has crushed our ego that we are invincible !

v Accepting a stark reality that we no more can afford to waste anything specially knowing that there are millions of people who stay deprived of  food, forget about bare minimum basic necessities

v Showing compassion to all our fellow citizens observing rules of wearing mask as well as coming to the aid of our service providers financially

v Respect has grown more for our cleaners, security guards not to mention less the Frontline warriors, Angels in form of doctors, nurses, police and other service providers

v More respect and gratitude for our farmers, small vegetable vendors and shops still providing essential food items without much increasing the cost

v  Now I realise how grey hair can also be beautiful to make you age with grace. I am not missing my beauty parlour … after all its luxury we can skip

v Though there is a restriction of going out but we have all the liberty to move within and that does not stop us from visiting the best moments we adore, usually which we hardly bother to spend time internalizing

v I feel proud of our Hon’ble Prime Minister Modi who is not just a great leader but also has unified us with tasks we celebrated doing and it won’t be wrong to say that the death toll in India is less frightening as compared to US or Italy thanks to our visionary able PM.

I personally enjoyed both the tasks (Thali beating and Diya lighting) showing public acknowledgment with applaud of gratitude and respect!

CREATIVITY & EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

v Embracing Holy scriptures – started reciting Bhagwad Gita along with singing Bhajans with Ajith… spending quality time to nurture and enrich each other

v Physical activities increased in terms of doing household chores which was earlier not there when I had the leisure to have maid though it helped me to be more orderly keeping more things in order

v Art practice has been more with deeper passion, as I feel now I need to do all the more to keep my spirits high at this doomed time

v Staying connected more often with near ones my Sister and Brother specially Adul Maharaj my nephew. Having fun time is a daily dose we all need now more! Family is Life

v Though there may be some disagreements about this specially with my dear Hubby, I am developing my culinary talent taking interest and learning from my sister and You tube

LESSONS LEARNT DUE TO LOCKDOWN

v Realisation of impermanance of everything material

v  Health is primary requirement to be prioritized above everything else- before any need of life…. Success, wealth, relations!

v Hygiene,  of course, has become the holy thing to abide for surviving and dodging death at this point of time.

v Precaution is better than cure!

v Stay Home, stay Safe

v Corona Covid 19 is just a trailer from Mother Nature to give Humanity a jolt for all its mistakes made to Mother nature in the name of technological development. So better be alert and do no further harm but stay attuned with Nature..!

On a lighter noteJ I have some major confessions

I have gone extra creative in sleeping patterns and dreaming extravagantly with more time to doze off zzz

I no more want Ajith to stay around in Kitchen specially as he always picks up something to complain. I give a sigh of relief when he is on his own…. !

My feet are becoming smaller when I look at them from top, can someone tell why so?

Yoga has been a far fetched dream…. Waiting to be a reality. How I wish so.