How did we reach here?

As the world navigates through turbulent waters and chaos, the least we can do is stand together in support. We are not against each other. It is time we realise that we are all in the same boat. Experiencing difficult times in our lives, each in our own way. Whether we realize it or not. Whether we acknowledge it or not.

Life was never meant to be a challenge, one after another. It was meant to be easy and fun, just like a child experiences the world in the initial years of life. Free from any worry of the world. Just being.

Each of us can experience that feeling of being a child again. Because that is what we truly are. Not an engineer, not a doctor, not a CA, not an employer or an employee, not an anxious/depressed person who needs to keep proving their worth on a regular basis. These are all labels that we acquire in this world. We were all born equal with same potential, dreams and desires. But somewhere along the way, things started to look different.

Any division that we see around us, be it at economic level, social status level, gender level, racism, religion, countries or educational level. They are all just an attempt to create a divide amongst us, irrespective of what the basis of the divide is. This results in all of us restlessly striving to prove ourselves 'better' than the other. This is the underlying algorithm being used by the dividing forces who are luring us into our next 'dopamine hit', no matter where it comes from. Be it 'good' food, 'good' clothes, 'bigger' car, 'bigger' house, 'better' mobile. Have you ever asked yourself, what are these 'good', 'bigger', 'better' things actually 'costing' you?

They are costing you your peaceful sleep, your health, your time, your life. The things which can not be 'bought', once lost.

And, it is not just one or two people around us who are facing this. It is almost every one of us. We have just not let others, and most importantly ourselves to acknowledge this. Because each one of us wants to put up a pretty face in front of the world. A face masked enough to 'look good' on social media. But at what cost?