COVID19. The name itself says that there is
decoding required. And actually its going to be the same with our lifestyle
post corona. We actually need to decode & work for a correction plan. It
reminds me a story which my grand mom used to tell us during our childhood. Its
about a Sage (Muni), to whom once a rat comes and cries about his fear from the
cat. And request sage to bless him grow or change to a cat, so that situation
can be manageable. The Sage blesses the rat & the rat becomes a Cat. Soon
the cat again visits the sage & requests him to bless him to grow or change
to a dog, as the dog haunts him for life. Sage smiles & bless with the
required change. It becomes a dog & ran away. But soon the dog again comes
to the Sage. This time the issue was a Lion & the dog requests for the
transformation. The Sage was amazed by the changing desires of the animal, but
still blessed again to change it to a Lion. As soon as the transformation
happens, the Lion roars. Lion sees the sage as its food & thought of eating
him as he feels hungry. As the Sage understand Lion’s wish, he again converts
the Lion to a Rat. I was wondering on this childhood story, as how much it
resembles human kind desires. As we wanted to grow, we used everything, we
misused Mother Nature & her resources. And Corona pandemic is her turn to
convey back that a change is required. A change based on the impacts which
World foresee.
The
post Corona impact is unknown. It’s a terrible situation for many. Speculations
are not showing very positive timeline till the year end. Many articles says
that this pandemic is causing the biggest disruption in decades to economies across the World. Somehow, less or
interrupted income is foreseen for individuals or the companies, which may lead
to lowering of demands of Product & Services. Low demand shall push
production cuts, which will eventually lead to closing of business units or plants
and further lay-offs. Or in other word, business markets will be contracted.
COVID spread may parallel spread the joblessness & the unhealthy economy.
Millionaires like Reliance & Amazon has already lost 30% of their worth,
many of us may lose jobs. So what? Time is to make up our mind now.
Prepare,
so that it doesn’t hurt once it squares down to your business or on you as an
individual. As companies or Governments, there would be lot done by them or by
the panel of experts, but I would like to comment for us as an individual. We
simply need to deep dive, introspect the time based needs & work on skill
enhancement. Focus on your hobbies & think whether you are good &
experienced enough to start your own venture, post turmoil. Digital Certifications
& Data driven learnings are the future and many courses are easily
available online, that too directly with leaders like Google. One can learn
& practice Yoga professionally – Its free online. Create short term
professional plans, It will help. Make your mind, the situation is not going to
last long. By chance many of the companies are offering free skill set &
Certification courses in this time. There is a learning in every message, there
is a message in every learning. As human kind what message & what learning
we get from present pandemic is important. Be prepared to start afresh with a
commitment that to rise again….., and better, that’s how we are human.
Mother
Nature is telling us to learn, rejuvenate, revive, hold our limits & care –
“Change not & I shall change the human evolution. You change & I shall
bless you”. We must Cultivate dreams, rather than the (false) targets. Spare a
time to be happy. I feel happy that at least I could connect to many of my old
friends & relatives in this lockdown period.
Intention
is everything. Lets bounce back !
