At first, I thought it
was going to be fun.
The school was closed
and so were my extra
swimming classes. I
couldn’t be happier
but little did I know that there was more to it. Due to the lockdown, my
family and I were trapped inside the house, having less
to do but being more overburdened. I wasn’t grieved
or pressurized at first. I was just bored and I didn’t
know how to spend my latter time. Well! I started with
making it quality time by reading a variety of books
until it dawned on me that it wasn’t working.
I started updating my diary and journal until I was
bored again. Then, I switched to socializing. I made an
account on Instagram and started scrolling down the
feeds all day long until I realized this was far worse.
And then, the thought occurred to me; what about all
those people who don’t have books to read, diaries
and journals to update and mobiles to socialize? They
must be in hopes that their loved ones would come
home with a sum of money and they would be able
to eat. Their hopes must have been shattered by the
fact that they were quarantined and this pandemic had
restricted their source of food!
It was then I realized, I could do something productive
during this quarantine because of which I could be
proud of myself later when it’s all over. I used my
mobile to make an advertisement for collecting money
and in return supplying a sufficient quantity of food to
a particular area of poor people. My scheme worked
and people started donating money. Soon the work
flourished and my boredom perished. I appreciate the
fact that being a Muslim country, people here do care
for their Muslim brothers and sisters and are willing
to share what they have with them, even if it is just a
handful of rice or a quarter of a “roti”.
Now for the real question that I needed to answer was
that I felt rather happy spending my time during this
quarantine because it allowed me to help others with
the support of my family. It also helped me realize that
I was not the only one who was concerned about the
welfare of the needy people of our society. Sajahir Rizwan IX O
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