The best thing was people rediscovering their traditional roots & becoming closer to nature. By now, maybe most of us have realized that we hardly need so many things to actually survive. What is actually essential is finally understood! I understand Myntra & Amazon loves to be in touch with you even when you are reading this, but that stare of that load of unused clothes from the corner has definitely made each one of us realize something.
In this war with covid, one can’t deny & shall definitely remember those people who continued with their essential services. The unselfish dedication of medical personnel all the time & especially with PPE kits in the hospital deserves all our praise. With this, new challenges lie ahead with policymakers & administrators. Will this repeat again? Should we be prepared? It is generally for known situations that we are prepared for; the unknown is what tests the real us.
This year also made most of us how impermanent life is and that death can knock at any moment. We are only mere characters. The key real key lies with the ultimate. I am reminded of this poem by Shri Aurobindo :
“Life, death, – death, life; the words have led for ages
Our thought and consciousness and firmly seemed
Two opposites; but now long-hidden pages
Are opened, liberating truths undreamed.
Life only is, or death is life disguised, –
Life a short death until by Life we are surprised.”