Written by: Ashraya Banskota - 21104, Grade XII
Posted on: 15 September, 2020
It’s already September! Just three more months for a new and “happy” year. It was just March when the lockdown happened. It's over six months, we have been staying home and wishing that this year would end and we will begin with a fresh start to the year 2021. This year was terrific and unpleasant. From the coronavirus to protests in the US for George Floyd, we have been fighting this year and trying to survive this year.
When we see this year, it feels like we are in some movies, fighting for our existence. When I think about this year, it feels like I am behind bars, staying in one place, and counting the days and months about how this year will end and I will be free. But I guess it's not going to happen very soon. I hope that it's not a trailer of a movie because if it is then I believe that it will be a challenge for not just me but everyone to survive the movie. According to research done in the UK, it was said that 10% of people who were quarantined, suffered from high depressive symptoms due to the recent pandemic. In the recent news, we have also heard about the wildfire that has spread on the West coast of the USA and due to the fire, many people have lost their lives and it has been very difficult for the national centers to control it. Not just this, but even in Australia (a few months back), the fire was uncontrollable and many animals got extinct. Many people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and the unemployment rate has increased rapidly this year. It has been difficult for people who do not have money to feed themselves. The only option they have been left with is death. The doctors have come to our help and they have been saving the lives of so many people. Saving the lives of people during this pandemic and risking their own life has never been so easy. But for the survival of people and the world, doctors have come as gods. Not just the doctors, but everyone who has helped people to survive in 2020 has shown an act of bravery and this act of heroism will always be remembered by every individual.
The hardship of people has increased and there has been no other way for people to survive. Not just the pandemic but all the other problems that have risen in this year has made one’s life more difficult.. From traveling around the world before to now being able to just walk outside for essential goods, our lives have completely changed. Even after this year ends, we will have to live in a very different way. It will be completely different from the way we used to live before. We have to fight and be brave enough for tomorrow rather than being disappointed with the present life. As we have heard the song, "It's a new day, it's a new way", we also have to start a fresh day with a fresh start, with no more worries of the past and just focusing on the present. We just have one life, so just focus on surviving the present and fighting it for a better and a new future. Let's fight 2020 and survive through it making a way for a better tomorrow.
