Remember all those times when you tripped over and got back up again like you never fell down? Ok that might be exaggerating it a bit, we did cry instantly to get, not some attention, but some candy! But then we were kids.

But you having passed that initial test, life then took over from those big rocks on the street (pebbles really but who saw them right?), and found ways to test you a bit more on getting back up, preparing you for the big, (apparently also bad, at least that’s what we were told), world that you were yet to enter. Lower grades, friends backstabbing you, rejection, and also that bike accident, no big deal, you got back up, all set and ready for the real world!

And because you were able to get back up again, life threw you some bigger curve balls, taking you for granted. Not fair life! Which is when you found out that the world isn’t a bad place, your life is, haha. Honestly, nope, life isn’t bad, life is funny. You just take time getting used to the rhythm and then finally one day understand that your life has its own independent sense of humour, directed at YOU!

It’s important in it’s own way, to have setbacks. It’s these setbacks that keep you grounded, and no matter where you are in life, if you cannot stay grounded, you are in trouble. But that’s just my opinion. Everyone leads a very very different life, with fundamentally different choices, crossing paths with absolutely contrasting personalities, getting used to a new normal every now and then, and then all together tripping over from something they had independently achieved.

You know that fear of losing something? The kind of fear that when it kicks in you hold onto a person or an object much tighter. Here’s the thing, if you fear you are losing something or someone, 99% of the time you will lose that thing or person. But here’s another thing, it’s not the person or thing that you are losing essentially, what you are really losing is the feeling that something or someone made you feel. Too much something or someone?

Imagine you have a dream, well you have one I am guessing, so no need to imagine. But for the fun of it, let’s imagine. You are at whatever age you want to be, working at whichever place you want, doing something you love (not necessarily, but since it’s a dream , let’s make it a happy one), you manage to make a bare minimum pay check (you made peace with), and you found that perfect little house for yourself (on rent, because come on, you made peace with bare minimum) and then the world turns upside down (well figuratively, because outside in? Nah! ). And with this curve ball, all the tiny steps you took up to finding your perfect little house, they all seem insignificant, because now you might need to let go of that house.

Funny isn’t it? You are minding your own business, focusing on your work, doing things that make you happy and not bothering anyone around, and then a virus, an invisible to the naked eye virus, makes its way through the entire world, locking them inside their houses, indefinitely postponing things (the word is plans, but that strikes a sensitive chord for many at this moment, so let’s just, be considerate), and pushing them to adapt to a new normal (Whatte fun!).

You are going to get used to this. You’l find way around the circumstances, you’l learn the importance of hygiene (don’t get me started on how many could care less if corona didn’t come along. Like really, you needed a global pandemic to know you need to wash your hands? Slow claps for you!), you’l make peace and find a way to keep going. That is just human nature.

There are people out there fighting for their lives, there are people out there fighting to save lives, there are people out there losing their lives even amidst the pandemic chaos to protect the people of their nation, none of that is funny. Because that isn’t life, that is a prolonged curve ball thrown to trip us over, but we are holding on. We are holding on and coming together as a global community to fight this demon.

So let’s make sure we stay safe and do our bit to be there for those who need us right now. Let’s get past what divides us and send love and strength to those who are out there everyday fighting, saving, working making bare minimum in reality.

They say there is no going back and we need to get used to this new normal. Try that. Adapt. Discover unexplored paths to life, to living, to learning and moving forward. But keep your eyes open to be aware of any sudden movements again, there might be a big rock (maybe a pebble) rolling beside you, with a grin saying, go on, this time you made it,

Life is funny like that!

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