How to be motivated amid COVID-19
Tags: Covid 19, Motivational, Motivation, Covid Diaries

Hello peeps…!! Amid all this negativity going on around us, let me take you to a motivational, informative, and most importantly, an OPTIMISTIC journey through a series of my blogs….’ KINITRO’. So let’s start with our first…..

THE RISING SUN!

Disasters are something that humanity has to deal with since its inception. Even the All-Mighty wasn’t spared from its clutches.

They can wipe out a community…. or at times whole civilizations from the face of the earth. In recent times we are witnessing one such catastrophic pandemic named “COVID-19”. WHO declared its outbreak as a pandemic and predicted that it’ll reach almost all parts of the globe in no time. Unfortunately, their predictions proved right! UN’s general assembly promoted INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION in the year 1989 to promote a Global culture of risk awareness and disaster management. But did it help to control this novel pandemic?! It has its impact globally making almost every sector suffer its wrath. However, amidst all of this negativity lets not forget an old and well-known proverb —

“EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING!”

Author VIVIAN GREENE once explained, life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, but to learn how to dance in the rain! Or as sting says in one of his songs… WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN, YOU MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT’S STILL AROUND!

Two hundred years before COVID-19 the German WRITER JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE had some poignant metaphorical advice to do for all of us as our individual part in this pandemic, when he wrote, “LET EVERYONE SWEEP IN FRONT OF HIS OWN DOOR, AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE CLEAN”.

What’s in store for us in the future is unknown. Even experts imagine a different world. Life is full of highs and lows, happiness, and struggles. One which will test our resilience and integrity. It will also teach us some lessons that will make us stronger on our way. How?

THE SILVER LINING

This crisis moment will bring us together. As we have already seen in our own country. A country where religion and castes have triggered never-ending battles, people have realised that when a deadly virus as COVID-19 strikes, it does not infect someone based on his religion or his caste. This divine realisation has made people help, educate, and protect each other unconditionally. Thus they have displayed the forte of our nation — UNITY IN DIVERSITY! By looking past our differences we have started to focus on improved health care measures adaptable by all countries.

Digital technologies have a prominent role to play in this phase of reorientation. The crisis will bring the new and unexpected potential for this industry. One of the conclusions from the DMEXCO survey says — Though this crisis has its negative impacts, it will contribute to huge technological progress over a period. The first and foremost example of this digital platform being put to good use is seen in schools and colleges. Myself being a part of the education sector, I am lucky to witness its reshaping done through this platform. Teachers all over have started using this digital platform to educate their students and their parents about the crisis, by sharing informative and reassuring lectures. Also, this has given birth to a new era of digital learning. Lectures of regular studies are being conducted online through video conferencing. Students as well as their parents are readily accepting this change and are very receptive over it. This clearly shows the strength of our education system and makes a strong statement that This crisis won’t stop us from getting educated and getting better!!

Also, the foremost concern of all the countries is the Rebuilding of our Economies. In 2014 Oxford Economist Ian Goldin predicted that a global pandemic would cause the next financial crisis. Hopefully, all the countries will use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. The government will implement New policies to stabilise the socio-economic scenario impacted countries worldwide. A small step forward and backward mutually by people, community, and the government will dually help in once again reviving the lost glory. As the Economist JAMES MEDWAY wrote The correct COVID-19 response isn’t a wartime economy- with massive upscaling of production. Rather we need an “Anti-wartime” economy and a massive

scaling back of production.

It has been said real changes take place in deep crisis. The time to real change has begun. Be a person who inspires others, a person who is a real asset to the community, and the world. Embrace that this time could have a positive impact on us. Life will give us whatever, experience is most helpful for the evolution of our consciousness. That evolution will help us to look out for others….in this critical time.

To conclude as JOHN LENNON has cited