2020 is kind of great to me. Who on earth will believe if I say this. I still remember the new year of 2020 as fresh as yesterday. I usually regret not going as per my resolution. But for the first time in my lifetime, I regret for not having a resolution. Because I took a resolution in 2018 that I’ll never take a resolution in the upcoming years. And that’s the only thing I followed correctly. To be honest, that’s the only thing I’m proud of. But 2020 brought a halt to that. Because I think if I had a resolution then I would’ve done something useful.
Usually, we used to wish for something with the belief that it’ll never happen. As a college student, I too had some wish like every other student. Me and my friends would discuss it like a round table conference. We’ll be like “Just imagine how our life would be like if we don’t have any project or assignment or classwork for one year. It’ll be awesome. We don’t need to be accountable for anyone and we can also get up at any time. Just imagine! Home sweet home!”. One of my friend would be like “You need to rent heaven for that”. I even remember the exact date when my friend called and exclaimed on the phone saying “Keerthi, we got heaven on earth”. Yeah, I know it’s not completely true. 2020 brought the hell out of us. It took many people out of our life and many into our life.
2020 taught us what exactly a human being need on earth to survive. It’s not money. It’s not fame or a god damn big house. All we need is good health. It brought some good people to light who sacrificed their health to protect others. I don’t want to talk about that so-called virus. It’s all over the news. I’m done seeing all the death and recovery rates. But I do need to talk about one thing that even a dangerous virus cannot make its mark. HUMANITY. This pandemic beautifully showcased the two sides of humanity. I call it the light side and the dark side.
The light side brings back the life and
The Dark side killed it alive.
We all are aware of the light side. What is the dark side?. How many of us ignored or treated someone unwelcomingly just because they have that so-called stupid virus. I’m not perfect either. You can also include me in this. We did. We all did either knowingly or unknowingly. This pandemic made us know that there is a devil inside each of us trying to protect us no matter how much the other person is suffering from. It tied our hands from helping others even though our inner voice wants to. It separated our family from others. It made us to forgot that we are responsible for each and every life whether or not they are related to us.
And about the work from home and online classes, oh man, it stripped us apart. We missed our college days and the commentaries we do In between the class hours. It all ended with a mute button. It completely ended our craze on mobile phones. Some days were even worse. Sometimes I literally felt like smashing the phone due to constant online classes and assignments. And I need to say that teachers are more than great. Teaching something even after knowing that the students are not listening is hats off. A lot of patience is needed.
Family time is the best part of the lockdown. I often wonder how my father does all the jobs at work. But this pandemic made me realize that the mother’s job is tougher than anything. No vacation. No shift basis. No rest. And the lockdown puts even more burden on their shoulder. She sometimes looks like an iron lady to me you know. I’m damn serious, guys. How can one sacrifice all her dreams for the sake of the family? Will I do?. Who knows?. Ok, the topic is swaying to somewhere else. Let’s get back.
So as a whole 2020 made us a better human and also allowed us to witness many things which we thought impossible. So in short 2020 was a tragic filled blissful year(The word blissful is only for family time. You can remove it if you want to, lol ;-))
