The Corona of Negativity

Amidst situation as threatening as of now which directly affects each one of us, with hope of a better tomorrow yet to emerge from the despairing news worldwide, I am wondering who or what is going to save when all our gods have shut their doors to us, normal life is out of gear. While endeavouring preparedness for the management of impending disaster, we are feeling hopeless and hapless and praying for miracles while trying to do our own bit in whatever kind of way we feel encouraged or motivated.

My thoughts are running amuck and I am wondering if we have ever thought ..really ever seriously thought about the 'virus' of negativity rampant globally affecting locally our normal lives day in and day out. Much greater damage to human psyche is caused by anger, the hatred, the poisonous words, the violence vocal in words, attitudes, the mentality to blame-them-all-except-me, the judgemental statements in frenzy to malign without even caring to cross check. Above all, the 'virus' of negativity affects adversely the young and the old alike causing gloom, hopelessness, despair paving way for multi dimensional ailments -pressure on blood vessels, hitting the digestive system, causing blockages of veins of heart or nerves of brain or the vulnerable joints. The chaos and confusion, the hurt and pain that negativity causes hits hard the human psyche leading to depression and insomnia, guilt and fear. 

If only there were masks available to protect us from this 'virus' of negativity; or some disinfectants to 'sanitise' enabling NO ENTRY of this virus; or some toll free or helplines to send an SOS from this virus; or a management plan to counter effects of the disaster negativity brings, the catastrophe it causes; or some preventive 'medicine' to prepare us to comabat its onslaught; or 

some curative 'vaccine' or 'injection' to heal the wounds that negativity virus is capable of causing abundantly; or some 'curfew' to break the chain of damage from individual to family and friends to broader system we live in. Would a 'lock down' be ever possible ?

Wondering how shall we ever, if it comes to that, 'isolate' the neagtivity virus ridden individuals? Would a stamp on the hand a possibility and who would escape that stamp then? Can we segregate them with a nameplate : 'QURANTINED': 'DO NOT VISIT' or 'KEEP SAFE DISTANCE'?

Perhaps it would be much easier to take it the other way round and isolate the positive as those would be fewer and numbered. I wish positivity were an essential commodity to be mandatorily taken, protected and ensured supply under ambit of 'Essential Commodities Act' and negativity under Prohibitory Statues. 

The 'Wuhan' of this virus of negativity is in each of us crying for sanitisation and cure, for curbing further flow and check and stop it there and then-sooner than later.

Perhaps we are unable to realise the extent of damage that the ferocity of this 'virus' of negativity can do to ourselves, all around and above all to the country as a whole when 'the worst' having the passionate intensity can limp 'the best' by making them lack in conviction. 

Now, at this point of time when the threat to our lives is so real, when we are face to face with fear of death, of being wiped out, do we realise how much better can we do through positive affirmations and healing , compassion and kindness for not just our own human brethren, fellow beings but also for the stray animals- dogs and cattle, insects and birds, plants and trees. Are all the grudges and hurts we have nurtured over the years we have lived been worth it in contrxt of what we face today? Could we not be more forgiving and benevolent in forgetting rather than feeding bitterness and hatred both inside and outside? Do we not have ample capacity as 'givers' to bring sunshine to the downtrodden and the needy by parting with some portion of our own earnings and hordes of facilities and amenities available to us in abundance? Are we not really capable of being better human beings with sense of service and not-just-me-but-you-too?

The chain of this 'virus' of negativity has to be broken if we are to save ourselves first and then humanity at large. The intimidating and threatening terror of negativity has to be countered with pro-active courageous positivity. Howsoever minuscule the number of positive agents of total population may be- like the sanitatiin workers on job to sanitise the big city under voluntary curfew in safe domains of their houses, the process has to be afoot, on track to do whatever we can to clear the air, to bring hope amidst despair, to inculcate the necessity of understanding :yes we can fight and stop, too if only we all come together to realise the grave need to comabt the 'virus'. Yes, overcome we shall, we shall overcome -come what may.