Author: Raina Khatri Tandon, Founder Right2Rise and RKT Foundation
As the ongoing pandemic takes over our regular lifestyle, stress and our very existence, let us come together to share each other’s challenges and woes to release the tension in the air.
As most of us are aware, Coronavirus disease or COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO on 11th March 2020. While earlier the focus of spread was centred on China, it has now transferred to almost every nook and corner of the world. What was our expression then? Little did we realise at the first instant that it would be so deep affecting like the black horse effect. To save the lives of those affected by it, our frontline workers were risking their lives daily by stepping out of their homes to protect us from extreme possibilities. Many doctors across the globe stepped up proactively so we could get a medication saviour.
However, not everyone is fortunate enough to be with their families as a result of the ongoing pandemic. Be it the helpless migrant workers, organisations schools parents or anyone and everyone who is away from their families because of various externalities imposed on them due to the lockdown. No one voluntarily wants to be devoid of the warmth and comfort of their homes.
We had pain-stricken to be indoors and not meet other people around us and no work, no offices, no recreation and many other restrictions! First time in many years it was a situation of UNITED WE FALL DIVIDED WE STAND, all came together as they found themselves helpless individually!
The VV ( VIRTUOUS VALUE) was EMPATHY AND COMPASSION eminently played a greater role in EMERGENT you!
I realised Empathy or the need to understand each other was the medicine that the world needs right now.
Be compassionate to self and others and allow them to make mistakes but give them ease to breathe and just be themselves.
Sometimes, don’t you wish that you could tell people around you that there are things they can be sure of amid all the uncertainties that surround us. That they would go for a certain trip or meet a certain person or they will be wealthier and healthier or maybe that they will fulfil their dreams soon. Imagine if you could tell them that they will heal right now, or in two weeks or in a year with whatever they are suffering from or that they will gain happiness in no time. We all wish we could assure them about so many things, but it seems close to impossible now!
Then, in such times, all you can do is let out your hand and let them know that “nothing happens with absolute assurance”. Of course, things like living and dying are not in our hands, things that we want to have or things that we would want to see come to life can happen only by moving ahead– by letting go. If we keep worrying about what is going to happen tomorrow, then we are surely nullifying the beauty of what is taking place today, in front of our eyes, no matter how good or bad it is. If we have this power to see and feel what’s going on around us, then we are eligible enough to witness the magic of an unexpected uncertainty in this web of certainties. And this is what can keep us going better: wherever it is that we are going.
TWO WORDS always kept ringing as I shifted through the pandemic battle:
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space.
With this mere act of empathising with someone and adding an essence of love, topping with the syrup of compassion and cherry of hugs we can cheer all who lacks motivation in their lives, you will not only help them in innumerable ways but will also be able to bring positivity in your own life. In situations like these where we have no idea about what is going to happen the very next minute, let ME be the one to START this chain of EC (EMPATHY and compassion ) attention to those who need it the most. For you know, hurdles like these will come and go, but WE MUST move on ….
We cannot heal the world today, but we can BEGIN with a VOICE OF COMPASSION, HEART OF LOVE and ACT OF KINDNESS – hugs and smiles to YOU ALL!
