I was attending a training some years back, we were given a task in a training, to spend a day all alone doing anything you want travelling anywhere you want without mobile.
Many participants did it,they actually left home early morning with some cash to travel without cellphones. They took the bus, train they wished and travelled to some new place they wanted to. They explored new places, new people, new food and most importantly new themselves. They never got ample of self time. There is nothing that could make us turn back and see where we started and where we stand.
We are so much in this world of gadgets and internet that we feel uneasy without them. We are so engulfed by this inventions of android and internet that it has almost become our breath.
Today during this lockdown internet and gadgets have become more than breath for humankind.
While I sit and relax, fed up with web series, facebook,emails I see my daughter playing with her toys and husband working on his laptop referring some law books,i wonder isn't it a blessing that we are together at our own house, at our comfort in such period of medical emergency.
While we are forced to have self time, can't imagine what people will do if the internet, mobiles, other applications do not work for a day .
We have different world altogether within this small gadget along with twitter facebook, web series, YouTube,we have forgotten that we exist and will exist beyond all this. This all so called are tools of entertainment and were invented to make our life's hassle-free,but it has almost become our life today without all this our life doesn't exist.
We have all possible or substitute options like instead of reading books at actual we have e-books, instead of writing letters we mail, instead of writing we type.
This time is to hold back and think. Write instead of typing to feel the thoughts when you hold the pen as your hand moves along to pen down your thoughts. Don't you remember the fragrance of new books in the beginning of the academic year.Dont you feel empowered when you actually hold the book in your hand.
What are we up-to, everybody around is busy in tiktok videos, observing YouTube videos, sharing information in watts app without ensuring if it's the right one.
Sit back relax,switch off your gadgets phones, emails, televisions,laptop and just be. You can actually feel your breath and realise you are alive. Sit with your parents, your siblings, your kids, your partner.
The mother you remember is older than you think she has got wrinkles on her skin, but the spark in her eyes when she looks at you is still the same. Look into your partners eyes isn't it long that you both actually sat together and spoke your heart out. Sit with your siblings and see all childhood memories flashing in front of your eyes. Play with your kids and see how smart the generation has become, share your school stories, success stories with them.
Discover yourself try your luck with cooking, drawing, reading. Encourage each other. Motivate if any of your family members feel low. It's crucial time and we need each other than anything else.
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