With lockdown only being extended, we all have got used to a new routine contrary to the one we had. As of me, I am a mother of a four-month-old. While motherhood is new to me, I had a reality check when my bundle of joy drained all the energy I had. With all the sleepless nights, meeting with the baby’s needs makes me antsy and all I look forward to is a good cup of coffee and a head free of thoughts (after the baby sleeps). But guess what? We can never really have a head free of thoughts.
Sipping on my coffee, I tried to push my thoughts away but failed. “I need a break from all these thoughts too.” I murmured to myself. Unable to keep my thoughts at bay, I started to really ‘think’, which we seldom do. Do you take a break from everything and really ‘think’? We are constantly caught up with things, busy doing something or distracted by things around us. We spend most of our days, in fact, years, engaged and distracted with things that drain us mentally and yet we forget to take a break, sit, relax, think and look back.
If the current pandemic has made you look at your health, trying to boost your immunity, washing hands repeatedly and taking every possible precaution to stay safe, sit with yourself and give a thought over your mental health as well. There are responsibilities to fulfil, expectations to meet, goals to achieve and races to win. No matter what motivates you to wake up and run the race, the stress of circumstances, responsibilities and people can be draining beyond your imagination.
We all need a break from regularity. Think of it this way. We were all anxious when the lockdown was announced. The lockdown interrupted with our routines. What are we supposed to do with our days? With questions in mind, we all tried to be useful. While some had to work from home, some helped in the household chores or engaged themselves in activities that they once enjoyed but were long forgotten. We settled into a new routine.
With no hustle and bustle of vehicles and shutting down of industries, the air got clean, birds that were not seen in years appeared and chirped at your balconies, the temperature didn’t rise to burn, we could see the earth revive.
With our runs and chases, we were utilizing and deteriorating earth in every possible way. We were made to pause and the earth had its much-needed break to recover from all the damage. If such a large entity can revive from all the scarring, what can taking a break from regularity once in a while do to you?
You were forced to take a break from your routine and you made a new one. Now take a break from whatever is keeping you busy these days and sit to ‘think’, of all you can be, all you need and all you need to shun from.
sdaman2706@gmail.com
