Lockdown Diaries Nominee#38 From Less to More By Michelle Tegta

In the lap of nature I had surrendered myself. The picturesque scenery and the mellifluous whisper of the birds and animals every morning had made me realize that I was blessed to be here in Himachal Pradesh during the one of hardest times which the whole world was going through.

As said by Martin Luther King Jr “We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope”. I still had that spark inside myself to be not alone and discover the unseen.
Hoping that those wonderful days will again be waiting for me and my future will still be shining in white armour. I started living my lockdown days as if nothing ever happened and wished to be happy again.
But living with my family and away from my usual schedule, I realized that how unattached I was from my normal self and what all I had missed.

“Is it happening with everyone or am I the only suffering” used to be a go-to phrase for me but the lockdown opened my eyes and helped me to realize the suffering,others and I was going through. I became more independent and less selfish. I tried to understand others as well myself, but it wasn’t always possible because it’s just the staring for me to love myself and believe others.

I believe that when we start loving ourselves then only others can love us. There may be many a times when you want to end this hope of living and just wanna give up and just wanna be loved by someone like others because of the stress of a being but never lose hope on your self.

Even if you end being nothing today or tomorrow, there must be a pretty good moment in the end which you can laugh upon and remember it till eternity.
There will be no one for you in this crowd of billions of people it’s just you alone in the end who knows you to the best. So treasure yourself and do whatever you want to do because you only live once and you’ll never be born again as YOU.

ReachIvy.com organized an online blog/vlog competition to provide people the unique opportunity to share their lockdown stories using their creativity. The competition met with a fantastic response from participants across 4 continents, and our jury has handpicked the Top 50 entries from them for the Popular Choice Award 2020!

e above entry has been submitted by Riddhi Srivastava from Lucknow, India. She is a 20-year-old student of the University of Delhi. Kudos to Riddhi for this beautiful piece!

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