It was a time when I was too young to know the meaning of happiness and self-importance. From enjoying the sound of striking spoons to enjoying the last ring in school, life had marked the best unforgettable days on the calendar of my life. But every start has an end, and every end is the beginning of the new journey. Childhood ended, school life ended, and another phase started. Two years of untiring efforts. But, in search of a future, somewhere, somehow; I had lost my present, I had lost myself.
The end of year 2019, opened the new door of trials and miseries to the world. The virus emerged from China, soon became the global pandemic, and was called Covid-19. Maybe, life had become so fast that it needed some break. And when the breaks were applied, life was stopped in the true sense. No public gatherings, limited working hours, no trade, no tourism, no physical education, dying people, emergencies, and lockdowns. Life pushed all of us 6 feet apart.
Where social isolation resulted in different mental and physical challenges for many people, it helped me to find my lost self. 6 feet distance from everyone covered all distances between me and my soul. Lockdown provided me a lot of time to spend with myself. It was the first time when I got the chance to realize my self-importance, to listen to my beats, to estimate the power of breadths. I got the chance to discover and nourish my hidden qualities. I learnt to play with words, I learnt to transfer my emotions to pages. Time has always imposed many responsibilities on writers and thus poetic and writing sense helped me to grow as a responsible and permissive individual. Following covid SOPS organized my life in many ways and helped me to develop the habit of doing everything in an organized way.
There are many incidents worth narrating but the one I want to narrate is the beginning of university life. Starting university online, was a horrible experience after all. Due to online mode, unfortunately, I was not able to understand university education, semester system, and preparation methods. It resulted in the semester end, at a score that lied far behind my hopes. I must say it was the only major mental challenge I had to face in a pandemic. But yes, it made me mentally strong and persisted.
It’s now two years, we are living with Covid. Many have lost their dear ones; countries are facing economic and educational challenges. There are many fears associated with Covid, fear of death, fear of hunger, fear of isolation, and many more. But the worthy thing is that life still exists and now we have learned to go at a moderate pace. We have devised new ways of education. We have realized the importance of health, we are now more generous, more helpful, and more forgiving. These learnings give me every reason to be hopeful about the future. In the end, I must say 6 feet bring us much closer by heart. And this spiritual connection is enough to defeat any pandemic.
Imroze Hassan
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