Being a Woman of Substance !
May 18, 2020
Story
"Let us dare
to differ
see the intricacies
love the unique and ponder
watch out differences
glare the common
gaze at the newer
admire the adventurer
idolize the seeker
observe
and learn
let us dare to differ
allow ourselves to think,
to know, to understand
to absorb, to admonish
to eradicate our fears
let us learn to invent
to discover
to accept the unknown"
Amidst the Covid 19 lockdown, it has been over a month now that we all are inside our houses.
Knowingly or unknowingly, the calamity has entered our lives unexpectedly and the whole world now is in the cage of this pandemic.
Never in their wildest dream anyone would have thought of such days in their lives wherein the world has come to a standstill. From schools, factories, industries, offices to everything that appeared to be a part of our life is shutdown indefinitely until pandemic decreases and doesn't leave any imprint.
Fortunate are we and those who are at least safe inside their respective homes, there are innumerable people who are stranded from their homes, hometowns and at distant places from family . It can be never easier for them to manage emotionally the burden of handling self being away from work and family. While the social workers , doctors, police, army , daily essential suppliers have helped to keep the system of life working, it is becoming difficult day by day to visualize the situation we would be in after few weeks or months.
Apart from the economic slowdown and shutting off of small scale industries, startups of any kind are going to suffer a lot from this pandemic and its results.
The work of mankind isn't going to end after this lockdown instead it will increase in manifolds as one will have to be tolerant, resilient, understand and value the efforts and struggles of one another, help and assist others instead of pulling down or criticizing others as a maximum people will need your help in ways of kindness.
Kindness in form of understanding . In lending a hand of humaneness to our closed ones, friends, needy, neighbours, colleagues, who will try to come out of distress , re-establish, reinstate, re work, restart their work, finances,operations. They can be anyone from a vegetable vendor, to a small electronics shop owner, from your student to a friend who lost job , a neighbour staying alone or a colleague facing trouble.
Now is the time for us , for being human, for being courageous, for holding our patience together, standing for what what we are known, resilience, spreading warmth amongst others, guiding our kids to a new future, making everyone around realize the value of time, money, relations, living our own passion.
A woman plays the biggest and most important role during this lockdown.
She as a mother can connect with kids, inspire, communicate, converse, teach, educate them the true struggles, values , steps of life .
As a wife, can stand beside the partner to let him know, life isn't all about fame, money and pace, it is about stopping , halting for a while.learning , knowing and appreciating each other.
As a daughter and sister, she knows how to fill joy and warmth in a family with love and care.
As a friend, she can hold , inspire, motivate others through talks and discussions. Her being a woman and habit of talking shall keep everyone around lifted and rejuvenated.
As a woman of substance, she can instill value of art , music, writing, colours, try to create , connect, collaborate with others to overcome the negatives of this biggest hurdle for mankind through continous efforts and await for a new beautiful world beyond the dark clouds of coronavirus.