A Lockdown Morning

After couple of hours of early morning scrolling, swiping and flicking exercises, I just locked my phone for sometime. Not long, I took the phone again and had a look at the home screen. Usually I look at the mobile home screen for date and time but nowadays I check the day of the date first. Working from home since last few weeks, no weekend cricket and even no Friday congregational prayer, slowly losing the orientation on days.

Alright, it’s 8 am now, freshened up and stepped out in search of my breakfast. Outside, I think the Jeddah town wasn’t familiarized with such a noise-free and faltering morning on a week day, but since last two weeks. Deserted roads, empty streets, shuttered stores and an absolute scary silence everywhere. Nearly all vehicles are urged to a sleep mode and people are stranded home lest the pandemic outbreak.

About the Outbreak

The Coronavirus has hit the headline in December-2019 as the first case was identified in China, and reportedly China the foremost epicenter of it. Since then it didn’t really need a passport or visa, the virus has flown across geofences and through all security checks, resulting in an epidemic exploded into a dreadful pandemic.

Today the situation has gone far more than ever anticipated, over 60,000 deaths across the globe😢😢. Even developed countries are unable to accommodate large numbers of severely infected and the elderly treated to be expendable shows the terrifying magnitude of the situation😭.

Some Covid Thoughts

Something was striking my mind as I read the above lines in a news portal. I pondered over and this is it, “WhatsApp and other Social Media Forwards“. Do many people using Social Media resemble this Coronavirus act?

How many hoax mails and messages we receive a day? Fake upon fake and fed up. Many are just forwarding without checking it’s authenticity, forget about authenticity, not even reading before forwarding🤷‍♂️. As long as you don’t read, it may not harm you😡, but the poor who trusts you so much receives and immediately acts upon would suffer and it goes on🙄😡. The one with symptoms can be identified and treated, but those without symptoms and driving the spread are the real threat to the society.

“Stock Market falls, Economy shakes, Banks collapse, Recession is near, Unemployment will increase...”

Hold on.., are you able to breath?? A long breath again? Oh yes, Thank God.! Enjoy every breath for now, which many are unable to do at the moment. Feel the compassion and be kind, and let’s prioritize things right from the essentials of life.!

A Spiritual Perspective

Every religion has their own views and theories on every phenomenon in the world and the epidemic also not exempted. The Covid-19, does it really has a spiritual dimension? Whether it has or not, let’s take this as an opportunity to sanitize our faith as well, by cleansing away the illogical myths and misconceptions.

Oh dear staunch believers, no doctor heals your illness without the knowledge of God. Kindly realize that Medical Science itself is a great blessing from the Almighty and it is well grounded, and so noble it’s professions are. Cooperate with the authorities, those who compromise even their lives.

Back to basics.. Religion, simply way of life where hygiene makes it’s half and born to establish the ultimate peace. Keeping one’s body and mind clean from dirt and evil to live a meaningful life. Being compassionate, submitted, affectionate, considerate and many more, are beautiful attributes of it. Let’s revert religious differences to this basic common point and enjoy togetherness.

Rediscover Yourself

We are living in a technologically luxurious and smartly automated world. Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Internet of Things(IoT), Smart Devices and many more..🙄. Does the technology has made man so smart? Not really, man has just outsourced the intelligence and smartness to devices and leaving himself with a compromised brain🤦‍♂️. Few byproducts of this outsourcing are lacking the self, widespread ignorance and increased illusions over reality.

People have become too focused on specializations and deeply into their verticals, which has resulted in severe horizontal distance with their peer. Home, vehicle, office, home and the cycle continues. Let’s use this leisure time to fill the space created in our lives by overwhelmed technologies and materialistic addictions. Relax and rediscover yourself :

• Shutdown the Microsoft Windows and open your doors and windows to see the neighborhood and nature. Ensure that your neighbors also are safe and not starving.
• Resolve all complaints for not being family oriented 😇.
• Oh I love this a lot, have a great time playing with kids. They won’t mind your age, neither your degrees, and indeed they are tough competitors. You will learn a lot from them for sure.
• Reading is not just a habit, it’s the culture through one advances and a practice everyone should adapt.
• Writing and visualization are essential for a clear and creative thinking. Writing is a good remedy for stress and great exercise for your brain for a better cognitive growth.
• Now or never, spend sometime on your passion. Let your passion drive you, not the fashion.
• Lockdown, a perfect time to unlock your hidden talents. Creativity has many potential dimensions, not just Troll Making.!

“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” – Genesis 1:3, Holy Bible.

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“And when God decrees an affair, He only says ‘Be and it is.!’. ” – 19:35, Holy Quran.

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“Alexa, switch on the light, and light is on.” – Alexa: a smart echo device from Amazon😇

Oh man, sometimes your great inventions are mere reverse engineering of things that existed light years ago😊. Don’t worry, God will not charge you for the patent, just glorify from your heart while you take the pride. Indeed he enjoys your engineering and achievement, as you are his finest of all creatures.!

A Better Dawn

Often comes the tough time. Everything happens for a reason and for good. Either a good result or a good lesson. The history has many chapters of similar stories and this situation would also pass and remain as yet another chapter for generations to come. If we learn it’s lesson thoroughly, then we will come back stronger and if not, then the set back will come back even worse.!

Let’s read the situation carefully and act with utmost caution. Let’s resist the pandemic spread patiently and persistently. Verily tough time brings better strengths and new opportunities, be adaptable.

Alongside the increased immunity, we need improved inner strengths to fight the invisible enemy down. Virus is the villain and we are heroes, stubborn at winning.!

Remember “A step backward to win a battle is a strategy not cowardice”.

#Let’s fight it down.! #Break the chain.!

#Stay home.! #Stay safe.!