Breaking the stereotype about 2020(the year that broke all the stereotypes)
Following the herd of stories, posts, hashtags on social media filled with how bad is 2020, it's quite debilitating to watch how people blame the year for everything that has happened and not take any accountability for their mistakes. Yet, in a few months, 2020 will be in the past, and are you sure the situation will change without any effort from our side?
"If only things were fine!!!", they say. Yes, things would have been better if not for the current predicament but we never know. Something else would have happened that was just as bad as this.
"If it weren't for this lockdown,
no one could have stopped me" Yes, that's the irony. We understand the
importance of time once it has passed. Now, imagine, what happens when a 3-hour
movie is played at 0.25 times the playback speed? The very thought of it is
irritating, right? But why can't our attitude towards watching that one movie,
be enthusiastic? Why can't our attitude towards it be "it's not that I
have to watch every movie at this pace.. It's just one single movie and after
this, I can move on!" The same perspective should be inculcated in our
view on this year.
But how do we come out of this
change in lifestyle as a better person? Let me tell you the pros of watching
movies in slow-mo!
1. You will never forget the movie because of the agony you went through watching every second of it.
2. You look into a lot of details in the background of the scene, the colors, their costumes, and a lot more stuff that you will like but not in a conventional way. You might think "Oh, I'd rather not watch it at all than watching it at this pace" but think about what you will have missed if u don't watch - An experience to share. And yes, this sense of slowed downtime is what 2020 is all about! We have to buckle up and get through with it with a positive state of mind.
Many of us by now would have come to terms with a sort of compensated life, i.e, without school, college, work, family, traveling, and many other situations. But just take some time and think about how beautiful this is, the time to spend with yourself, make yourself understand how important your loved ones are, find new things to explore, learn, and to keep you engaged. I am pretty sure if everything was normal in 2020 we would have neglected everything that we are living and enjoying now. Many of us might have already bettered ourselves at one chore at least which we neglected just 6 months back. Let's embrace this change. Make it worthwhile for us to remember till the end!
It's done. Making mistakes and wiping it in the face of 2020. The year is still generous enough to give you 5 more months, so be grateful and say THANK YOU 2020!! for making us better and for showing that the power of healing and the strength to change is within us.