Divert attention from corona, instead spend quality time with family

Anika Khan | 30 April 2021 | 9:04 am | 176

Divert attention from corona, instead spend quality time with family

Coronavirus is at it again and so many people are dying around the world, even in our neighboring country. It has again reminded us the fact that this particular virus is creating its success story counting on the most obvious universal truth – death. As a consequence, people are dying in large numbers in almost all the countries owing to coronavirus.

Nobody knows who’s going to be infected and die eventually. It means the next man to join the row of death could be me. So, instead of squandering time we are left with, it’s time to make necessary confessions. If we die of coronavirus, there will be nobody around us to bid adieu to us. When we will be carried away in an ambulance, there may be no one to accompany us. So, it’s better to confess whatever we want beforehand to our near ones. Philip Larkin, an English poet, has described such a situation in his poem ‘Ambulances’. The lines are – “Closed like confessionals, they thread; Loud noons of cities, giving back; None of the glances they absorb.”

Most importantly, there is no way to escape death. The feeling is so true. Philip Larkin says in the same poem, “And sense the solving emptiness; That lies just under all we do; And for a second get it whole; So permanent and blank and true.” So, instead of beating around the bush, we should accept the fact that death is always after us and so, we should focus on passing quality time with our near and dear ones with a view to creating memories to be cherished after our departure. As we are having holidays, it’s a better idea to sit together and ruminate over those beautiful moments spent together and create new ones.

To conclude, the only thing that’s inevitable in our life is death (later or sooner) and it’s probably not a bad concept to accept if you have lived your life to the full brim. So, even if you are infected with coronavirus, remember the words penned by Francis Bacon in the essay ‘Of Death’ — It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, now lettest thou … depart, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.”

So, don’t waste time by thinking over corona and make your heart all the weaker rather spend time with your near and dear ones and try to create treasured moments in life.

(The writer is a philomath.)

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