Arhana :  I learnt to appreciate the little thing in life I guess. Before the pandemic, I and everybody else was working like a robot. You know, wake up, get ready, go to school/work, come back, attend tuition/coaching classes, come home, revise everything, go to bed. Then repeat. Now, amid this lockdown and pandemic, things have slowed down and everyone's got plenty of time. This definitely felt weird and frustrating in the initial stage because, come on now, humans don't ever like a change anyway. Be it the time of the French Revolution when women were trying to gain their rights and the men were pissed off about it or the time of this pandemic when we people are forced to be at home for our own good. Now, when I see a bird sing melodiously in the backyard garden, it's voice harmonizing with the breeze and sunshine pouring down the canopy of the trees, it gives me a certain peace and solace which no other activity would've possibly succeeded in providing. So yeah, I think Pandemic taught me to be contended in even the minutest of the happenings and to smile at every little moment that life has carved out for us. I've truly learnt to appreciate myself as well, I must admit. Of course there are days when I feel very down, very upset about where I am heading with this standstill life amid Corona but then again, my days brighten up with new hopes and thoughts the next morning with the rising sun. So yeah, I've learnt another important thing that everything might not always be in our hands. We can't control and end this pandemic situation with the snap of our fingers like Thanos would've probably tried to do, (sorry, I went off the track) but what we CAN do is that we can try and keep that hope, that zeal alive within us. 

Me: Love your spirit di! I'm sure we'll have hope and go on with the spirit!