“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
Seneca
This is a COVID-19 map from Johns Hopkins, Univeristy of Medicine . And THIS my friend — tells a lot about us!
Sure, nobody saw it coming. And most certainly, we did not want any of this lockdown shit, at least not for causes as grave as this… at all.
But, there’s an important lesson for all of us to mull over. For all of the remaining un-deads; Un-affected-s … for those far fetched from the claws of malignancy and heartbreaks and despair and hell.
That not now but someday sooner-or-later, we will all die as some of us will turn to ashes and some, food for worms.
So.
Duly, contemplify.
Love. Grace. Appreciate.
Be happy that you and your loved ones are fucking breathing.
[ Don’t know about you but I’ve to remind myself of this so many times in any ordinary day! ]
It’s Day 3 since Nepal Government imposed a nation-wide lockdown to contain coronavirus spread in the country.
Commendable caution there.
It’s also Day 3 that I’ve been working from home.
Working more insane hours than ever.
Fuck!
And just yesterday, I’ve had a ridiculous meltdown towards the end of the work day.
Undisputed culprit: work burnout!
However, few good things happened too within this lockdown timeline from March 24th, 2020 to today.
We both agree, it’s worth more than any quantifiable shit.
My best friend, Manish Rajbhandari finally became a father of a very beautiful daughter . He’d describe his fatherhood experience (in his words) ‘I don’t think I have cried that much in long long time. It was very very hard to see her go through that yaar‘. Such a pure, elemental form of love there, I reckon.
Blessed, again!
Plus, a five-star care by my two wonderful parents. For instance, here’re my mom’s heart warming messages since March of 24, 2020 (i.e., Day1)
In toto; This post my friend is a call to — self-reflect at times & learn to be Grateful, amid shits life non-discriminatorily throws at us. Period!