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A Letter to Mankind

A Letter to Mankind





Time changes. Time heals. We are all aware of the nuances of time and its linearity in our life. It is no surprise that indirectly time is not only an essence of life but also a requirement like air, water, and food.

And we saw the diversity of time and the extent of its effect on changes in 2020. It started somewhere in the ending months of 2019. Like Global warming and Pollution, we left the new danger unheeded with our careless attitude to nature, as we always do.

Some people take a stand to say that Corona and its spread made some positive remarks on our lifestyle and the world around us. But it is hard to find those minute joy impending over the mass destruction of life and livelihood, it had presented in its course, and still going on.

Maybe a Chinese bio-war or a medical experiment went wrong, or probably the mistake of the hungry guy who ate the bat with the virus. No one knows, and will never know, how it all started. But one thing is for sure, it happened and affected our lives, and most importantly, we witnessed.

Life changed for every life on this earth. The air became cleaner in the most polluted cities around the world. The sky became clearer with lesser automobiles in the streets. Water became clearer in reservoirs of all types, and the temperature at most places fell down a notch.

The pandemic is not the first one, but it is the one in our time. That makes it our responsibility, each one of us. It made us think if we, the humans, are the parasites that are killing the earth.

From expecting an outburst of chaos in our cities to another world war, the year 2020 has surprised us in all ways up to its final episode. If we were to take something from that journey, it is simply the thought that we survived. We survived all of that, and we can in the future, with whatever that’s left in stock.

To be fair, I cannot speak for the ones that incurred a loss. People that lost their family, friends to the disease. To the ones that sacrificed their lives to save others in the line of work pertaining to medicine. To the father struggling to meet ends for his family, or to the mother trying hard to feed her baby.

I won’t say life has been easy for all. No, it was not. Some did get a rest from getting stuffed inside a cubicle 6 days a week. Some found time to be with family, friends, and loved ones. Some made that trip to the mountains that they postponed for over a million times in their diary.

Some of us made a new career, started a new lifestyle. Some just fell short trying, but the stories were never written about the ones that lost, were they? But a majority of people made it through and it's heartwarming to find that those who did also helped those who couldn’t, in some way or another.

In the pandemic, we learned what is love, family, sharing, and most importantly, what it is worth living in this world. We learned that there is no destiny, nor any purpose for your life. You are simply born and have to enjoy the moments and make memories until you die. Life was as simple as that; we were just blind to that fact for so long.

To conclude, there is a lot to learn from 2020 and realize that the year’s end doesn’t mean everything ends as it is now. The battle will continue, the struggles too. Put humanity in front of desires and selfishness and find a meaning to your life, and then, you will be just alright, simply; just like that. Thank You.

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  1. Unknown25 December 2020 at 19:37

    Genuine thoughts about 2020. This was, in short, exactly what this year was like and the last paragraph is so true that I always keep telling others. This is not the end.

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  2. Sree Ju25 December 2020 at 20:22

    Thanks a lot for your time. Glad that you enjoyed it. And yes, it's never the end

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  3. Anonymous25 December 2020 at 21:53

    appreciate the way you see both the sides of the pandemic ����

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  4. Anonymous26 December 2020 at 20:28

    Thanks Sree...you just took me to those lock down days

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    1. Sree Ju28 December 2020 at 07:51

      Words always provide a doorway to memories...happy that you enjoyed it...

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