Nowadays, chaos is as inseparable from coronavirus as a shadow to a body. So, thinking about one indirectly leads to the other.
When this pandemic came about, it seemed like the sudden silence pushed us ironically into chaos, as everyday there would be more and more cases, and with them fear was also on the rise. But, since this 'new normal' caught us off guard, we didn't really get a chance to appreciate it's beauty, and what it was doing for the world as a whole. It seemed like our saviour on a dark day, as it made us appreciate the little things, from the importance of friends and family, and Netflix, to the unique feeling of missing school, the true value of malls and theatres, and lastly, the inner spirit of the Mountain Dew ad, 'dar ke aage jeet hai'.
I can feel the chaos around me, even in the silence, but it's beauty is that this chaos is giving us the honour of living a future history class, one that will never be forgotten, and it's also teaching us to respect the things we don't have access to currently. I mean, who knew that the gatekeeper to a future alien invasion would be a world-wide pandemic.
Look at the beauty for us kids. When else do we get to watch unlimited tv and be a couch potato without hearing our mothers constantly berating. When else can you lie in your unmade bed, in your night suit for as long as you please, lost to all reality and making the captivating world on the screen your home. What I really miss is the mall, but not as much as the commotion in it, I miss the cinema beyond words can describe, but not as much as the people who would kick my seat, and I miss going outside my house, but not as much as the traffic on the roads.
I'm trying to say that there's no commotion anymore, though chaos and commotion are one and the same, the chaos that is here isn't like a noisy neighbour you want to get rid of, but rather it's a beautiful chaos, full of learning, appreciation, and creating history. So, this has actually been my biggest learning so far, that there can be beauty in chaos too.