Live Positive Way
My hubby asked me,
“what happened to your blog posts? You have enough time now
to write!" So here comes my new post!
It's 'Lock down time'! Yes, too much news buzzing
around about the present pandemic situation. What to do? What
not to do? My mind is engrossed in the daily emerging data,
its ups & downs. But as a 'positive thoughts
blogger' isn’t it my priority and responsibility to post something positive to my blog
walkers at this time?
Restricted
movements. Even walking exercise confined to ones’ home. No cable
TV connection to watch movies. In a way it has become a blessing in disguise since
I am restricted only to watch a few news updates.
Otherwise, I might have tuned into Times Now, Republic and CNN most of
the time.
Many more
compromises in kitchen zone. Unable to make and eat what we like,
but still feel blessed we have food to eat,
whereas many still wander with hunger.
Fine! These are my challenges and
hope that is yours as well. Now what can be done to
make use of this time productively. How to stay positive despite
the challenges?
Here are a
few things I am doing to keep myself active.
First of
all, whenever we see a news related to the present
situation, we must mute our negative thought button. Switch back to the positive affirmation,
“this too will pass”! Yes, this will surely pass
since nothing is permanent here, so is this too.
Secondly,
re-engage with the hobbies which can give you utmost
satisfaction. Something which you did in your childhood
days but couldn’t pursue due to various reasons. My regular readers know that
I keep insisting on this. Practising your hobby can help you
stay young and happy. I love singing and dancing. I had
never ever left it. It helps me to stay self
motivated and keep me going even in this tough time. Doing Zumba
with my daughter and daily singing practice with her (we just finished
our karaoke sessions singing a telugu song, the language which
we are not familiar with), gives a lot of happiness to
both of us. Specially to my female buddies, who are now
burdened with so much work, I want to say that those chores can wait
for a while. It’s nothing wrong if you decide to spend some
time for yourself. Take some time out for yourself.
I am both
a spiritual and religious person. I wish my child too,
to follow those religious practices. So I am using this time to educate her
about our customs, cultures and values which make us a
mature human being! Luckily my child is not
hooked to cartoon characters and hence it is easy for
me to pull her and make her watch and learn them. Watching Mahabharata together is
our most favourite bonding time now. I believe any parent can influence their child by doing things which
they want their children to do. I am sure they
will surprise you by doing them along with you!
Books indeed
are great friends! I don’t feel bored since I have so
many books to read. With many online links available
for readers free of charge we can choose what we like and start reading. I have a
few friends who keep saying, “I can’t read a
book post one page". I feel that is perfectly fine. Just read that
one page a day. If the content is good, we will
end up reading the whole book soon. Think about the knowledge we can gain through
this process instead of reading some fake news which can create a
panic attack in our heart?
I was in Vippasana Meditation
and had the bliss of enjoying 10 days of
noble silence (I am not asking you to practice noble silence but
can meditate for a while to boost your inner consciousness). This silence that you are feeling around you now is
never going to repeat again hence make the best use of
it. Instead of tiring car horns and speeding vehicle sounds, we are now able to hear birds chirp
and can see birds flying peacefully in clean air above. Let them
also have a great time.
I just remember my conversation with my husband about
an old tamil story of a famous writer Sujatha, “Yen Iniya Iyandira”. The story revolves
around robots taking over the universe. I told my hubby,
like every other creature what if some day humans go extinct on earth? But
never thought a small micro element can destroy so
many lives and cage the entire universe before even we could realise what
was happening. Think friends! Nothing is
superior to 'Nature' including the human intelligence. Hence let us all
bow down in front of mother nature, God or whatever you call it
and feel good that we are still there alive. We can change for better.
Much more
to come in coming days…..
From my
lockdown diaries………..
-
Suganthi Sankaran
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