The lockdown

No one thought somewhere someday something like this happens. The ample of time you have but you cannot go out, you thrive of things but only basics remain and you prepare for saving alot and nothing remains in your hand. Is this the end of life? Is this the truth of life ? Or is this the sense of being happy in penny? 

Well today I thought to write something on a phase that we are living in. It's those days we never planned or imagined or it don't gonna repeat again. "THE LOCKDOWN " . Before march 2020 I haven't heard this terminology and hope many of you don't. Yes, we had experience of curfew even as per hindu tradition "Grahan kaal" but what is this lockdown??? The lockdown is a forced term that comes in existence after covid19 and in this you must stay at home. Leave that covid19 for a moment actually we are trying to leave it from our life. 

The lockdown,  a sudden shocking news comes to us with that you cannot go to office,  cant go to market not even to vaccation with those long leaves which you are waiting since long. Initially,  you felt like a prisoner but as time goes as an human adaptability you find something that makes you joy may be some hidden talent or your hobbies or any other thing. But why these joyful things came out in a serious period of time? Do we don't pay attention to our abilities? Or just running for cool status and pseudo lifestyle. Well if you have insight, you find your necessities are food only, you can remain in old clothes for long time and petro is not your daily needs. Ofcourse internet connection and smartphone may be the new necessary things which connects you with friends and families. 

A thoughtful person can find home as a peaceful place that built for living long life at the same time a unsatisfied person feels only home cannot give you peace but the truth lies in some people still try hard to find a hut that to called as "home". Its a state of person where he or she can be happy in penny or sad in too many. Aspects of lives are always different and we can't even imagine joy in the pain or pain in the joy. We can only cry on our own situations or laugh at some others.

The real world is full of beggars who actually has more than necessary things still begging. Also, many people are their who can live without food for days but don't eat by begging others. Begging is actually a situation not a profession, there is lot of emotions behind actual begging whether it's for food or for relation or else. But the cruel world in turn that emotion into buisness and makes profit out of it. Profit is not in terms of money but in terms of proving better then other, or a battle where loser actually follows rules and regulations and try to save relation or emotion when he was a contend against a beggar. 

So many things that comes as a real picture on the lockdown like a creative person can still make honest money, possibilities are infinite in every person need some pushing, thief is still thief not by his work but by mental state, pseudo lifestyle is a waste of time etc etc. But point is that, despite of no inflow of money there are outflows that can be controlled, despite of being at home, you can enjoy, despite of being far from your nearers you can still be connected. Similarly if one can hold their patience can survive. It's nice to be at national television by covering distance of miles but it would be nicest if that journalist instead of posting stories help that walking strangers with some arrangements. It's nice to be social media while supplying food free for needy but it would be nicest if encourage people enough to help out or make needy people able to earn food. 

We people never lacks ideas we only have lack of execution. Solutions are not migration solutions are stay strong and fight against situation may be prepared for worst situations. This lockdown is really pathetic but more painful is those examples which are actually stating the mental lockdown. The Lockdown of our own ideas. We need to use brain and build people help each other and encourage. Encourage enough to break the mental lockdown. 

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A childish ME

Growing up is a development of organisms,  humans are not exempt from this growth. But humans have ability to memorize,  live and enjoy every stage of life. Childhood is one of the best phase of life and almost every single person across the globe wants to live childhood once again.  It may be a poor or rich or even a person with limited abilities, we want to go back to those memories and live again. 

Well why not a human desire is, but of cry everyone pays attention to him , hint of smile that is spreaded to the miles, inability to understand itself has lots of positives. And grown up.person always run towards responsibilities and roles that are not actually his desires but a unknown pressure that builds throughout his growing period. It may differ based on stages, gender, family background,  literacy etc etc etc. That innocence or inability to understand or cuteness that attracts everyone losses its efficacy gradually as days went and so called labelled as maturity. 

It is wonderful to see a child, when you coming from office, in a park, when child throws a ball to his grandparent and that smile adores you. Actually it's a joy you are adoring is memory of your own childhood where you have nothing to worry about. There is nothing like brands, or status of clothing, food or shoes perhaps it's a blue color star shape new ball that fascinates and feels like even more than a millionaire at this time. I am sure while reading this you have a cute smile and lots of memories that hits your mind of your own experiences. Following adoring,  you may realize to walk for home and that walk reminds you all your happiness. You may sing or dance or even kick stones with brand new luxury shoes till you reach home. Infact, you lost into your happiness so much that you forget about shining and polishis of shoes, creases of pant and even what you are doing. The walk in last 5 minutes was the best walk you could ever imagine and refreshing you like a complete package holiday. 

It is so annoyed when you live that childhood you never realised this would be the platinum period of life (some may spell golden to their young age). But as you passes age and you realize importance of stages you lived. Same happens when you jump into old age from young still your best memory is childhood.

That man reaches home, enjoys and get into sleep went to office again and in evening again he wants to see that picture he saw another evening. But today no child was in the park and that 5 minutes journey finished swiftly but impression of evening is entirely different. This brings a question in my mind is the impression of few seconds really affects your next 5-6 hours??? Well expecting yes from everyone but I feel it should not be. You have your own identity and nothing should be affecting you. Anyways, to compensate that picture , even you or me starts remembering your childhood days. May be by playing or seeing photos or talking to parents or old friends. I think that's why everyone makes family to continue those ups and downs , sweet and sour memories for ages and that continues to be.

Once a person gets mature and find his or her partner,he willing to live childhood memories under that relationship. You may or may not accept, but it's a harsh truth. You want to laugh, cry, crave for things,  share sorrow, play , eat , ride etc actually all derivations of childhood activities.  Ofcourse you are learnt and not learning,  you understood not a non understanding person and behaves maturely outside but immature inside. You want to dance, poke and sometime anger. I feel these emotions are started building up in early ages and inherent to every individual.

Today, if someone asks your desires what you want? Just a play or forgot all responsibilities and get into lap of parents or playing hide and seek with friends. Human desire is the same, no one actually desires for tons of grains and alone holding a villa. They want old friends,  those silly mistakes and a cute smile that heals all nearer and dearer. 

Even a busiest person in the world seeks some attention from his grown up relatives. He live a luxury but not golden. He has everything but not those true old buddies. We miss ourselves in the course of maturity and we want to be that innocent that in reality not possible and that's why we gives life to our children to live ourselves into them. Cycle continues and life goes on. But desires remain same. 

Don't let your innocence and childhood goes away and try to hold your childhood. A childish ME

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The confined life

We like the way life flows and accordingly we somehow make a schedule and following it. In a course of 7 week days, if we got one or two off days from routine, we feels like heaven. That heaven actually is the state of mind where we can sleep for little longer, no worries of getting ready for office, or finishing breakfast or rush for driving. These becomes automatic response of our brain and need not think of plan again and again. We calls it routine. And only vaccations or sickness turned off these routines where we either enjoy (vaccations) or suffer (sickness) but both conditions may last for week or 10 days. But during that duration we miss our routines.

In a sudden situations where some might change their job or loss their jobs may experience change in routine. That too for short interval and again set into new routine.  This is what a human tendency of adaptation. Adaptation is gifted to us and that's what humans are. On some day prime minister of our nation declares a lockdown,  and we afraid how to cope up with it? First response is to arrange for necessary things for survival, next thing is to understand need of money and then think of what to do with this situation where you have holidays but cant go out, you have time but cannot afford to spend in admiring beauty of nature.

Somehow we started living with new situations,  finding ways to pass the ample of time. This time actually be wasted or utilized, totally depends on individual.  Initially people started talking with friends and family,  playing pranks, ask for games on social media or indoor games, some stated experimentation in cooking or sketching or painting etc. These actually were our hidden leisure activities which in routine life we forgot to enjoy. Somehow it gives inner peace or satisfaction to us which we sacrifice under name of routine or actually we voluntarily dont want to spare time for it may be labelled as maturity. Both the situation socially let us to be a great person but actually in deep of our heart we miss these childhood dreams and lost into world. 

Period of 21 days spented in these and hoping for normalize things but as we dont hope for negative but still extension of lockdown announced.  At this point nothing matters no worries because we learnt how to live and continue to do works. But humans are humans, they are getting bored by things which they can't make money. Actually it's a darker side of human nature, where their desires are not fulfilled and they tend to desire more sometimes these desires are basis of unlawful actions. 

So finding something new or something that creates intrest for longer time is eventually hard for us. Some may demands physical activity like gym exercises etc that they can do in limited amount at home or at the other hand some require brain scratching things, that is productive and maintain ability for thinking new ideas. Both are at their own place justifies human capabilities but what we left behind is again inner satisfaction. Days are passing and will pass, we can be back to exact normal conditions where we are, but the satisfaction level either forced by desires or by lack of time.  

Infact some of us learnt to balance life between needs and satisfaction and we do follow even when it becomes normal. Some may still run after those dreams which actually doesn't belongs to them. We try to do everything but forget the fact in a first, everything cannot be summarized and we feels pain when something is left behind or left us despite of the fact we have to live with or without available or earned things. Ideal person is who is not affected by situations or emotions that come to life. If we try to cope up, which a human can adapt, we can go ahead and achieve whatever our efforts are. Satisfaction is only a personal experience, desires never ends. Think up and live wisely. 

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painful journey: the other side of coin

A global crisis is infront of everyone and almost every citizen is either facing or in panic situation.  No one knows what's going thru their lives. A life "it's a gift of God and meant for serving family and society" as per Shri Krishna in Shreemad bhagwad geeta. Holy book beautifully entitled the roles and responsibilities of a common man. Man to society and society to man, it's a synonym and Shree Ram said in Ramayana "King has different aspect of thinking and perceiving the world then a comman man, and king has greater responsibility then common man even sacrificing family for kingdoms people". 

In modern world king refers to Prime Minister/ President/ Chief Minister/Mayor as respective country/state or city. In terms of securing lives of common man, every single leader is stay upfront to fight against this corona situation.  Every one talks about pours and labours but hardly people spoke about comman man who is suffering more then anyone else.

Let's understand the definitions... A poor is someone who earns daily and finish it off in night. A Rich is someone who own industries and provides job to others. A common man usually labelled as middle class is that person who does job under rich person, pays tax for benefits of poor. In other words, this specific class follows rule of being human stated by lord krishna in shreemad bhagwad geeta and obeys all rules and regulations mentioned by lord shree ram in ramayana but kings are not like in Ramayana.  

This is like a flour mill in which piece of grain crushed between two stones that is poor and rich or man and king. The lockdown saved lots of lifes and pushed us to stay calm fit and relaxed at home. Mr. Ratan Tata says year 2020 is a year of survival not for making money and for surviving is important that's why every country deals in lockdown during corona situations. Same in India, our prime minister declared lockdown and extended time to time. With the panic situation pours waited for 30 odd days but their patience ends in the name of rent or lack of jobs that are temporary. But as a wise man says, people understands as per their level of understandings, and here education plays an important factor. Instead of availing facilities like food shelter that are provided by government and non government agencies too, they decided to go their native places where actually they haven't been for years. Question arises why in such crisis??? Even with food available at zero cost almost every part of country. Everyone is helping then why?? Is something rumor or panic? Or something else... question still in my mind and that too remains.

Now about comman man, he has no earnings still has to feed children and owe monthly installments still quiet because of responsibility. He knows his tax going in name of development of country but actually going to subsidize rich in losses they had and to support poor. Still he is purchasing things at more cost, donating & helping and still not complaining. It looks weired why so much suffering still not screaming??? May be that's why he is a responsible for his nation, may be he is electing leaders to run country or may be his destiny. Lots of may be but it signifies role of actual mankind who helps family, society and nation as mentioned in shreemad bhagwad geeta but modern kings are not actually correlating lord Rama as a king.  It is a stupid human nature "expecting the unexpected from others and not even fulfilling minimal expected by himself".

Stay safe, stay healthy and think of questions I raised.

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