The Chaos and the Calm

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 The Chaos and the Calm


I have been a quitter in life so far. I have run away from confrontations, people, responsibilities, and relations, to such extent, that I sought the shelter of writing. To vent out these untamed emotions, the unfathomable depth of my sorrow, and my compassion towards life. I kept running away, to new places, to new philosophies, new diaries, till I got nowhere to go. Covid-19 came like a jolt and woke me up from my slumber. Like a newborn, I saw the world. People like me, came home to themselves, trapped in their homes, slaves to their minds. We were helpless; clinging to our phones all day to continue running, scrolling, looking for something, anything, to escape the reality of our lives. But it was futile, as the whispers in our heads widened their claws and we stopped running.

Humans sat with themselves for the first time and heard the whispers of their reflections. The whispers were bitter, sad because they had been neglected since childhood so; we yelled, we cried, and nearly died. The deafening silence was sickening, wasn't it? The whispers then became a piece of old tattered blanket and we covered our scars with it. The human jar blackened with suppressed desires gradually started to melt and what began as a tragedy, became a thing of joy. From baking chocolate cakes with love and connecting with families to starting our own small businesses, we opened the iron gates of our hearts and fled to a world of possibilities.

I've always seen the world through rose-colored glasses but something that I've learned during Covid-19 is that one can't always get a whiff of flowers and ignore the thorns. Sometimes you have got to let life prickle you. Self-care is not only a healthy lifestyle but also cleaning the mess we have made on the floor. It is, walking on the same path over and over again till you unveil the truth. It is, walking towards the ocean by embracing the chaos and the calm.

      

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