HOPE

Lock down has been inspiration, yes it was.... It is still. I started penning my thoughts on paper.I started blogging,  I started my online coaching as well as I learned a lot from various webinars. I got an opportunity  to explore online ativities.

Recently  I came across a social group which was related  to planting. I always wanted to have small terrace garden. We did plant some and loved taking care of them. During lock down when there was lot of negativity around those tiny little leaves always inspired us. When watered it  felt so amazing to eyes. Many smiles with blooming flowers gave peace to eyes. We have tried having a small kitchen garden also. I planted some essential  herbs like curry  leaves, coriander, mint, onion, garlic, and some creepers. With limited space we sometimes failed and sometimes the plant refused to grow in to small pots. 

I guess plants also felt that viral discussion in the air and decided to survive. Some amazing results of many stems and plants were seen when kept in water. It gave such hope.

Curry leaves always refuse to grow, no matter you get sapling. I call it the most adamant plant. But even the stick when kept in water showed small leaves grown on it. 

We have been associated with hope to get promotions, our children to grow upright way, get married and settled, we hope for a beautiful home to live in, a healthy body, and much more.

In the last some months we have been talking a lot about medicines, change in lifestyle, exercise, yoga, maintaining routine activities, correcting nutrition working from home, increasing immunity, and much more. Each of these things has shown their place but there is one thing that every human being on this planet has but do not much speak about it HOPE. We do not speak much but silently we have it within us hoping and wishing for things.

When it comes to any disease the thing that comes first is a big load of fear with it, Fear is exactly the opposite to Hope. Fear limits us to every positive thought. Hope heals in every possible way. People travel thought the world to treat diseases like cancer, TB, AIDS, they do so may treatments but the first and last much-needed thing which is not given is Hope.

Remember the doctors in the movie somewhere in 70’s would always say, you are late, Agar thoda jaldi atay to shayad Kuch kar sakte the, third stage pain hain, can’t help. And the patient would ask Kitna time hain mere pass?

Isn’t it losing hope completely and accepting? It’s almost a fear-induced market around. Saying this to the patient is taking away his hope completely.

Look around there are people who actually are living life to the fullest these days at home, in limited resources, just because they know the situation is critical and there are chances, of getting infected. Of course, there is a cure to Corona, but the fear that we see in the market is due to the phase that we have seen and have been through for months.

Remember Rajesh Khanna in ‘Anand’ the character actually lives the life to fullest when he comes to know that he has less time, he challenges the verdict of doctors and enjoys every moment of life. 

When a patient is told he has limited time at the time the patient’s body and mind give up. We have been listening to two types of people around, who have lost their loved once and those who have fought the Virus and came out of it successfully. While we feel low at the death figure, we do not feel good and inspired by the real COVID fighters……negative media.

Replace that FEAR with HOPE and a positive attitude.

You cannot live life like this just sitting at home getting scared of some virus. You can work on your body your physical as well as mental health. Take precautions and use various tools like Mask, Sanitizers, soaps, avoid crowding, have healthy food, and most important HOPE……HOPE that my month-old sapling gave me.

I thought it's dead  but it actually turned up today morning wishing me a good beginning of the day.... Felling so positive and full of HOPE.

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all

Emily Dickinson