SociAl disTANcing
SociAl disTANcing
CORONA VIRUS. It is everywhere and in discussions with everybody every day. All the media trying to present the situation to maintain their ratings. Please don't try too hard, people have nothing else to watch. Explaining the situation or talking about it is superfluous. But the situation and various videos emerging on social media opened up a new perspective to me about life.
I came across some emotional videos on Instagram of soldiers returning home from deployment. Being away from their loved ones for a really long time, with barely any contact possible at times, and the family waiting eagerly to see them. Just brings tears. Their purpose, serve their country and people.
Doctors and nurses, A BIG THANK YOU. I came across a video of a doctor who was in the epicenter of this pandemic. She distanced her family when she got to know she would be treating the COVID patients and she contracted the disease after a while. Nobody has any idea how long it will last. Numbers don't tell the truth always. Her purpose, serve the people.
I came across another news clipping and videos that surfaced recently from India where the public was pelting stones at the police and healthcare workers and even stooping so low to spitting at them. DISGUSTING. Police, their purpose, to serve the people of the community.
A bus driver in Michigan contracted the virus and perished a few days later. He was working, trying to survive during these times, serving the public. He posted a video on social media a few days before he was hospitalized about how a woman just openly coughed standing in the front of the bus without any protection. His purpose, serving the people.
All these stories, all these social media posts, I felt so furious that I wanted to stay away from them. Yes, in a lockdown with nothing else to do, I still wanted to cut-off from the world. But this also got me thinking.
Life is a random event where everything is a probability. The odds might not be in our favor every single time. The anxiousness of the family of a soldier at the frontline of a war, it is the same feeling for many right now working at the frontlines of this epidemic. All that is asked from us to do is STAY HOME with family. Do you think you would get another chance in this lifetime where you have no obligations for being home? And yet people are getting anxious to be outside.
There are consequences to these situations, but life is such. Imagine the anxiousness of the families out there who are putting their life in front of their own safety to protect us. Would we risk our own life to save a nobody? Just think about this FACT, that people wouldn't even be allowed close to these patients. Just look at the loved ones crying out loud to tell the world about the situation. Many are not even allowed to meet their loved ones at the end. We never know what life brings ahead. Just cherish and embrace this moment that you are with your loved ones around. The feeling of being away from family during this time is really heart-breaking to me. I know many people out there who are going through the same.
The virus sees no nationality, no religion, no caste, nor the rich or the poor. It is a microorganism that does not have the thinking abilities. It just needs a host to survive on. Don't be a warm welcoming host to it and PLEASE STAY HOME. This isn't the time to wage wars when we are already in one. The universe has given us the time to heal, bond with family. Just do it. Other human interactions can wait.
THANK YOU. To all the people working to get us out of this. Respect your dedication and understanding of the situation. And a big sorry for the stupidity of humanity that is causing you trouble doing your work.
A bus driver in Michigan contracted the virus and perished a few days later. He was working, trying to survive during these times, serving the public. He posted a video on social media a few days before he was hospitalized about how a woman just openly coughed standing in the front of the bus without any protection. His purpose, serving the people.
All these stories, all these social media posts, I felt so furious that I wanted to stay away from them. Yes, in a lockdown with nothing else to do, I still wanted to cut-off from the world. But this also got me thinking.
Life is a random event where everything is a probability. The odds might not be in our favor every single time. The anxiousness of the family of a soldier at the frontline of a war, it is the same feeling for many right now working at the frontlines of this epidemic. All that is asked from us to do is STAY HOME with family. Do you think you would get another chance in this lifetime where you have no obligations for being home? And yet people are getting anxious to be outside.
There are consequences to these situations, but life is such. Imagine the anxiousness of the families out there who are putting their life in front of their own safety to protect us. Would we risk our own life to save a nobody? Just think about this FACT, that people wouldn't even be allowed close to these patients. Just look at the loved ones crying out loud to tell the world about the situation. Many are not even allowed to meet their loved ones at the end. We never know what life brings ahead. Just cherish and embrace this moment that you are with your loved ones around. The feeling of being away from family during this time is really heart-breaking to me. I know many people out there who are going through the same.
The virus sees no nationality, no religion, no caste, nor the rich or the poor. It is a microorganism that does not have the thinking abilities. It just needs a host to survive on. Don't be a warm welcoming host to it and PLEASE STAY HOME. This isn't the time to wage wars when we are already in one. The universe has given us the time to heal, bond with family. Just do it. Other human interactions can wait.
THANK YOU. To all the people working to get us out of this. Respect your dedication and understanding of the situation. And a big sorry for the stupidity of humanity that is causing you trouble doing your work.
-Sushant Thotakura
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