Lessons from Pandemic

  The pandemic has without a doubt shown us clearly that “Health is Wealth”. If you are healthy, if you have invested even a little time building your physical and mental health then you can overcome many difficult situations in life with ease. Being healthy does not mean that you will never fall sick or go through an illness rather it means that you will rarely get sick and even if you get ill or contract an infection you will come out of it much faster and bounce back with a renewed resolve to stay healthy.

The other lesson that we all learnt is “Our Savings save us”. Yes, such is the nature of this pandemic that a man has to isolate himself from everyone if he wishes to not fall sick with a dangerous infection. This is the prevalent condition in our country as well as many other parts of the world, you can’t move out for the routine stuff or even for earning your livelihood. You may venture out only for two reasons either to get food or to get medical help. But if you are a frontline covid warrior in that case you daily put your life on the line to save hundreds of others lives. The lesson here is whatever we maybe earning, we must have a habit of saving first and then allocating money towards expenses, doing so our savings will gradually increase and they will be useful when we really need them.

In such times of turmoil and ever-changing scenario even if we isolate ourselves at home physically, the mental health also needs to be taken care of. When we are bright and high then we shall uplift the mood of others be it family at home or friends and relatives over the phone or video calls. And if someday we feel a bit low, then helping hands will come from unexpected directions and if they don’t, then pull yourself up and remind yourself that You are Tough and this will also pass away. Simply put, help others while you can so that when you need it, help will be just around the corner.

The activities that we do on a daily basis, this pandemic has made us realize how much of it is actually necessary and the rest can be just dropped. We have really come to know what are our priorities in life and we should question ourselves are we working towards them or not? Because by now many of us have realized there is no tomorrow, tomorrow will always remain tomorrow. Whatever we need to do or have to do, it is to be done today itself.

While there are various lessons that we have learnt from this pandemic, the most important one is ‘Death is Inevitable’, sooner or later it is going to happen to each one of us. Yesterday it was a friend, today it maybe a neighbor, tomorrow it could be me. We need not fear this instead we need to get wise as we become aware of this.

We should always question our self,

What matters the most to me? Am I taking care of that?

Towards which direction I wish to take my Life? Am I working for that?

As they say, past is memory and future is imagination, we must pay attention to what we are doing with our present and then our Life shall thrive.

Student Teacher tackle Corona

Young students are cooped up in their homes

Teacher knows they have become lazy set of bones

Students & Parents frantically search new books

Teacher sends them meticulously drafted handwritten notes

Students are not allowed to come for class

Teacher promptly arranges for online class

Students get tired of staring at screens

Teacher turns entertainer to make things green

Students will struggle with online platform

Teacher will repeat until the last one is informed

Stuck in the house, students are studying no matter what

Teacher is solving their doubts round the clock

Online unsupervised tests, all the students give

If someone cheats, the teacher will still forgive

In these tests the students win

Teacher loves them as his own kin

Topping the tests students get gifts and prize

Teacher sends their home sweet blessings and surprise

Repeated tests give students a fatigue

Teacher is secretly taking them to a different League

Final exams are just a duty

Year long journey is the actual beauty

During the studies Teacher holds their hand 👏

Throughout their Life, students stay his Fans ❤️

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Illness is a Boon, not a curse

During an Illness, we can clearly see what all unnecessary, unrequired, useless clutter is present in our Life. So much of our time and energy was spent on that useless stuff during our 'Healthy/Normal' days. Let us get rid of all such stuff as soon as we identify it.

This is a personal observation, during an illness I seem to be getting in Sync with nature's cycles - getting up early, sleeping on time, eating only what is right for the body in necessary quantities, chewing properly and last but not the least no urge to check the Mobile phone first thing in the morning after getting up in bed. I do none of these right things in my 'Healthy Days'. Now I can say lesson well-learned, I will change my ways and be more conscious of whatever I do on a daily basis.

With your family members taking care of you during an illness, specially in case of an infectious one, it takes a lot of maturity and self-control to avoid unnecessary touching while receiving continuous care, and to still keep loving as always. You must refrain from going too close to them, wash your hands frequently, do not touch random stuff around the House, especially the personal stuff of other family members. These measures would be very effective in preventing the spread of infection among the family members.

During illness, with all the pain, discomfort and soreness, we are not even aware of what is going on in our home with other family members, we are disconnected from the World at large and the drama associated with it. We get Centered in our Being quickly during an illness. This centering is not so easily achieved otherwise, the Yogis and Saadhaks do much to achieve this, whereas an ill person with simple quiet sitting gets Centered in his Being very easily, without any Sadhana as such. Enjoy this Centering, remember this experience, imprint this feeling on your mind very well. So that when you are out of illness, you continue to seek this Centering and put sincere efforts to be in that state of inner stillness.

Now, after recovering from the illness, I again see the shift in myself towards the old, unhealthy and unnatural ways of living. I have unconsciously again started taking more portions of food than are actually required, eating at odd times, not chewing the food properly, no fixed schedule for taking rest and sleep; all this is a surefire way of landing into the next Health Disaster. Perhaps this unconscious shift to old harmful ways, happens to most of  us and we tend to forget the hard learned lessons.

I will push myself towards a better way of Life which is more conscious and filled with awareness at each step. I also request you the Reader to do the same.

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Women in my life..

My 100th blog post ought to be Special, ought to be dedicated to someone Amazing and ought to be released on a Special Date

This Woman gave birth to me, nourished me from herself, drenched me with her Love and Mamta all these years, has been a sanctuary for me always and Loved me more than anyone else in the world, she is still at it. Only after growing up to a certain age and maturing to a particular level of understanding, have I known her struggles. As I grow into a man, she is getting older and many things will never be the same, I have to prepare myself and herself for the same.

I wish she takes up Yoga, Pranayam and Meditation on a daily basis, but being a devoted House-wife taking care of each & every need of the family, she gets very tired which leaves little or no room for her personal activities. Only now I have realized that all these years, whatever she has been doing day-in and day-out taking care of all of us, without any deviation whatsoever and going the extra mile many times just to please us, that is her Actual Sadhana. Her daily work itself is an Arduous yet fulfilling Sadhana.

My Chachi (Uncle's Wife), has been a second Mom to me and my younger brother, ours being a joint family. As soon as she was engaged to my Uncle, she used to treat me and my brother with delicious food items. After she married into our family, she started cooking fancy food at home, as a result we got all nice and tasty food-stuff at home itself. That was her way of showering Love on us children by regularly treating us to New Dishes, all hygienic and Home-made, thus greatly cutting down our need or desire to have street food or restaurant take-outs.

My Sister from another Mother(My Paternal Aunt's Daughter), is my rightful Sister for all Intents and Purposes. She's the sister I spent my childhood weekends and vacations with, enjoyed fun stuff together, games and dances, movies and music, TV and stuff, maturity and spirituality; all this and much more was shared among me, my brother and her; which is now etched in our minds as beautiful memories. She is a young Mother now and as life progresses, we both support each other during difficult times and the bond keeps strengthening with each passing day. We also share all the good news and achievements of Life with each other, otherwise what use is good news if you don't share it with a Loved one. Before my marriage, I had told her She's gonna get a best friend in my to-be-wife, which she realized after meeting my Wife.

My Wifey, from whom I was physically separate as anything, came into my life, loved me dearly, made me hers(rather, after meeting her I never ever wanted to be without her in my life), we were madly in love, the minds started tuning, we had same likes and dislikes, same outlook towards life, we began fusing into each other literally. One of the best things about her was, she Perfectly Complemented my lack of certain qualities by her people skills, this made her my Better-Half indeed. There is a certain thirst in me which was quenched only when I heard her voice on the phone, or met her in person and at present I get that feeling only when I see her in my dreams. I always felt Oneness and Closeness with her in spite of the physical distance between both of us for most part of our lives before our marriage. She did everything for me, all that a devout Wife would do, she not only gave herself completely to me, but also Accepted me in Totality for whoever I was, without ever asking me to change. This was her True & Self-less Love for me, which I now understand in its entirety.

That Oneness with my Wife is nowhere to be found with anyone else now, not that I am looking for it from other people. That experience of Oneness with my Wifey was only once disturbed and went missing just 1 day before my Wifey passed away, on that day the physical distance between us was zero, but the life energies were not fusing with each other like before, perhaps a disaster was about to happen and it did too; I couldn't save her even with all my love.

All my life, my Mom and Wife have been unfair to me.

unfair: not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice. At times, I have been avoiding, disappointing, hurting, sometimes keeping the truth from them, but all they gave back to me was Undying Love, Constant Care and Endless Support; so unfair right! 

Mom Loved and nurtured me in such a way, that I turned out to be a decent man who puts Love and Care above everything else, who can easily put his guard down when surrounded by Loved Ones. Chachi now, not only feeds me but also teaches me the art of cooking, so that I can become a better man. My Sister and I are round-the-clock support for each other, and will always be. My Wifey Accepted me totally and Loved each bit of me. I am forever indebted to these Women who have Invested their Life on me Literally! Now, there lies a huge responsibility on my shoulders, to live a life which is worth this much amount of sacrifice and love from these Amazing Ladies.

Dear Mom, I will keep loving and taking care of you always. Dear Chachi, as time progresses I will prepare good food, and you shall relish it. Dear Sister, we will always be there for each other. My Sweet Wifey, you are never out of my mind, I know what I have to do.

Thank You God for blessing me with the Best Mom, Wonderful Chachi and a Caring Sister and on top of that gracing my Life with the Perfect Wife.

Pandemic Bright

pandemic in the world

Prevention is better than Cure and

Survival is better than Death

too much risk of infection

More Caution in Daily Life

no unnecessary travel

More Time to be Productive

no unnecessary shopping

More Saving for Future

lost contact with people

Learnt to do many things Independently

not meeting new people

Got Closest to Family

many things are unavailable

Making the Best use of what is Available

material distractions are very few

Real needs becoming more Apparent

times are difficult

True well-wishers are now Distinct

daily drama is gone

more clarity of Mind

you are somehow saved

Help others in Need

emptiness is biting

Introspect what we Ultimately Want

never to forget the lessons learnt

Everything happens for a Reason and

Sooner or Later the Brighter side Appears!

Pandemic Contrast

humankind seems to be apart

Eco-system is having a Blast!

we are coughing

Our Bad deeds are Laughing

we are just blinking

social circle keeps Shrinking

although we are eating food

Nothing seems to be Good

we are irking

Birds are Chirping

we are boring

Animals are Roaring

our living is reduced to a sample

Outside world is Ample

now-a-days all things we are frisking

Daily Life is now Risking

using maximum our mobile

we ourselves have become Immobile

we are not healing

World is Cleaning

we are tired of thrills

Daily our Spine Chills

under pressure we are reeling

a day at a time we are Stealing

we are crying

Times are Trying

we are praying

Nature is Slaying

never to forget the lessons learnt

we are Mother Nature's just one of the many sons!

kranebits #15

Insomniac Nights are great catapults,
some Dreams never let you sleep,
they are the ones which you see with closed eyes and an awakened mind.

kranebits #12

''आज, कल, परसों, बाद में'' इससे दिन महिने साल और कभी तो पूरी जिन्दगी भी गुजर जाती है,

अपने काम और जिम्मेदारी को सदा तत्परता से लें ।

kranebits #11

Future is Everything, Present is All you have,

Learn whatever you can from the Past.

kranebits #3

At all times be 'DRIVEN'  by Something, Someone,  a Dream, an Aspiration or a Cause; else you might be living but not ALIVE.

 

Take the Plunge

If you are waiting for someone or a particular day or something else to happen first and then plan to move ahead, don't wait. It's not advisable. Many a times in life we wait for certain condition or event, when in reality that's just an excuse not to move forward on our own. The reason can be any fear of risking something, anxiety of losing, lack of enthusiasm or plain laziness.




When we think that, there will be a better tomorrow, and we would be a nicer person on a cheerful day and do all the things we have kept on hold, it's an illusion, such tomorrow never comes. Believe You, Me. Only when we do something Today, it's then that we enter a new Tomorrow, else there's nothing, keeping on hold & waiting with an excuse is a farce.




The biggest problem in such cases is, we take a hell lot of assumptions like, I would never be involved in a fatal car accident, my butt can never be on the line of fire, I am always right, I will do it tomorrow if not today, etc. We are fooling ourselves and no one else. We take people, parents, siblings, love and other relationships, even our Life to be for granted. Which we never should. Because, the longer we take such things for granted, greater the Reality Bites us.




If Nature were to punish us, it would move a finger and we would be standing buck-naked in Sahara Desert, don't think that this is absurd; Nature has a logical way of doing all the things, that we consider far-fetched or impossible to happen to us.




Whatever it is that you need to do or want to do, get it done now, today or at-least get it started, if not finished, Life is short if we start regretting about things. But Life is Large, if we keep on moving ahead. Be Bold, move ahead in Life, Take the Plunge.

Crumbling World

My world as much I have is crumbling down to bits & pieces. The relationships are just antiques. I am useless to the socially active community. No light falls upon my ugly state of affairs. The ignored leakages will drip me to plague. I was never dutiful, and never experienced bountiful. All the loneliness that I've ever experienced, has summed up before my eyes, swallowing me whole. Maybe some fears are worse than death can ever be. Death will take us away, while fears torment us profuse.

You went away without a reason, in-fact were never near, I realize now. It was just my wishful thinking that you'd be mine, you were never a chance in the real world. I don't know how much time has passed since you ceased to exist. Now, there's nothing of you and nothing else left for me. I threw away your presence, whilst day-dreaming I'm in Love. If only I could live with you once.

The undead chest still breathes, the slack muscles would pack a punch. My pain says I'm alive. Fears give me a cause to run. The Satan Bull is raging towards me, perhaps my survival is dismal. If somehow I could getaway from, still have to survive with a neurotic brain. Starting my journey thusly now, I spearhead through unknown territories, only to land one-piece on a place, that would somehow be called, Life.

Soaring Higher

01:30a.m., 27th Oct 2011, I wake-up half-ok with a hint of acidity in my chest, a dash of short breath in my lungs, I help myself with the icy cold water from earthenware red pot, ummm Yes it does feel good, only later does the acid attack becomes more acute, with HCl burning the way up my esophagus. All this against the backdrop of a late Diwali night, God am I a diseased mortal, ready to embark on a journey leading me to really Soar Higher...


The colorful frantic lights, some here some there, a few with whistles, some with bangs, an occasional thud, all goes on & on, onstage the tinted black screen behind me, a little dose is good, but soon lights disappear and booms & bangs fill-up the scene, I try to be polite & understanding about the fact that it's Diwali, #@~^this acidity will burn me up today #@~^ but still the high noise guys, seriously it's NOISE POLLUTION, for God's sake it's 02:01a.m. While I'm at this, you people are
pulling off few occasional bitchy ones, some crackling sparkles & a rare Big-Bang, fine go ahead and burn the fun, if that's your way to be content.


As they say, one thing leads to another a man standing right there, checking up on my work of lighting up the home with electric lamps, oil-lamps, correctional lantern, #@~^knock, knock Acidity ? #@~^ the electrician put in the lantern at the 9p.m.th hour, who by the way works independently, freelancer I must say, was pressed into service for few odd-jobs, two to be precise by the established
electrician in my area, who never takes up a service-call seriously(#personal experience) what to do ? where am I? what ? where are the crackers, noises, thuds & bangs? still there....shucks!


So, where was I, I was traveling inside a deep train of thoughts on a dense track of concentration completely unaware of disturbing surroundings, well concentration of mind is a virtue I guess #@~^ seems subsided #@~^ Some disturbing thoughts, well no worries, will take care of them. A concentrated mind does a wonderful job, even when surrounded by complete chaos.


As I rose, half-dead today, may I rise as does emerge a Phoenix from its Ashes, completely burnt by own Karma, but born again with the same heart of gold. The sins, the mess, working crass and living depress, sometimes I feel to give it up all, Oh God, and by working my way up like an Eagle hovers above this world, I shall cover everything under the wing-span of my experience, #@~^shit keeps coming back#@~^ and thus once and for all, may I with your blessings My Lord, Soar Higher.

I have felt, realised and experienced that...

• Think Thrice, before Saying anything.

• Never ever Shout on anybody, it makes you look like the biggest Fool.

• There are such Fools with whom even Intellectuals can't argue, if at all they do even then the fools have the last call anyways.

• Purity always Inspires and so does Purity of Thought.

• Simplicity is a Quality in itself.

• Putting yourself in other People's place reveals a lot of things, that you could have ever imagined in your whole Life.

• Some Mistakes of your life never leave you and they keep coming back to have a Piece of you.

• A 'Concentrated Mind' spurs new realizations taking us towards a well led and a meaningful Life, full of deeper understanding of everything that pervades.

• 'Karma' is the most essential thing for a well spent period of time called 'Life'.

• There is no substitute for a Mother.