Lock-Down - A Journey

This lock-down, a first time experience in life. Its been a month, major part of the world is struggling with the monster :Covid-19.

I have always been a "Hodophile". I used to think more you travel, more you meet people the better you know yourself. But now I understand somewhere I was wrong.

I have spent most of the life in hostels. I was out of my home since my 10th standard. Even when I was home I never spent so long time with my family. School, games and many other things went along. Then when I started taking of my myself, I traveled a lot, met new people, met new characters, met new behaviors. Every one in this world is perfect by their own way. You can never judge someone being in your own shoes. I have covered almost all the states of India except the north east during my school life. But what I learnt is that meeting people for few hours and understanding their life is totally different than actually living with them for long.

This lock-down gave me a chance to live with my own family ( although in-laws. Indian married girls will rarely get a chance to live in their own home).

During office days it was maximum of one hour where I met my family. But now , even I am quite busy in my own world but interaction is quite more. It seems I am meeting new people all together. Everyone is having their own way of managing things. It may be incorrect for you, but again it may be correct from others eyes. And of course I may be wrong from someones point of view.

Its a fact that : Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. And its a fact that everything is beautiful. Its us who are blind. I really understand that how parents work day and night in the fixed rooms just to fulfill our needs. We have option to go to office, talk with many people having different mind sets. This is actually a brain exercise. But at home with limited people to talk , its really a challenge. In this lock down I understood its not easy to work without a change. Change should always be permanent. Its been only 30 days and it feels we are house arrest since ages. Being at home by choice is totally different than being forced too.

So in summary lock-down has been a perfect journey.

Met my own family

All meals with these people is dreamily

You actually do not need a mall to enjoy

An old TV show together is enough to give joy

You do not need to pubs and chicken tikka to live

A simple milkshake with bread is enough to survive

Cleaning your home is not that tough

And food for your people, wow hot stuff

You do not need a gym to stay fit

A simple yoga with discipline , you need to admit

You do not need long drives to have fun