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These past 3-4 months have taught us all more than we can ever be taught in a lifetime. To learn something, we need to be calm and observant. With the onset of globalisation, life has become so hectic - nobody has time to wait, to look around and appreciate the things in and around us, nobody has time to rest and relax and to be patient. Everybody's busy with the hustle-bustle of life. Cause as they say, life is a race - if you don't take part in it, you lose. But this pandemic has forced us to stop and look around and appreciate all the beauty that life surrounds us with, and notice all the little things that we ignored before. It has made us more grateful, humble, giving, kinder, caring and honest towards each other. It has compelled us to be more humane. It has taught us that any moment could be our last and therefore we should never take anything or anyone for that matter for granted in our lives. Everything can be taken away from us within a matter of seconds and even when we as humans have advanced so much in the field of science and technology, we are truly powerless in the face of death. 

 

The initial days of the lockdown came as a shock to all of us as none of us had any idea how to cope up with all these drastic changes happening around us. Our lifestyle changed, our food habits changed, our behaviour changed. But now, we have reached a point in our lives where we have accepted that it is what it is and it will be what it will be and we just have to live and work with it - even when we don't like it. There is no going back.  Resisting change will harm us more than anyone else. As Charles Darwin said, “survival of the fittest” - if you want to live you have to be adaptable to any kind change. Only those who are strong enough to adapt and adept to changing circumstances can survive in the long run. This pandemic has built our confidence to the core that if we survive this, we as humanity can survive anything. It has strengthened the survival instinct in us - the very basic instinct that nature has provided to all the living organisms in our planet. 

 

If we are determined enough then nothing in this world has the power to stop us. So, we became more adaptable. We started thinking of solutions instead of focusing on the problem. Traditional classroom teaching has always been the norm in the field of education. However, thanks to the advancement of technology, information and knowledge is now accessible literally at the tip of our fingers. 

 

I feel immensely proud and grateful to present myself as a part of DPS Gaya community wherein I got the opportunity to explore and work around the incredible idea of teaching our students through online classes via Zoom. My colleagues and I were given the chance to conduct classes online where we not only made learning possible for our children but under the guidance of our warm and kind-hearted mentor and leader Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Sir, we were also able to change the whole dynamic of teaching-learning process by providing the best support to our teachers as well who were stuck in their homes. Everyday, we as a team faced new problems, and came up with different strategies and solutions to fix and overcome them victoriously. 

 

When we started our journey of online classes we were truly clueless so as to what direction we were heading. But now, we are coming up with new and innovative ideas everyday and we are not afraid of the unknown anymore. In fact, we are more productive than ever, we are more excited and appreciative of our work and for others and are more helpful and kind towards each other. We are looking after the needs of our children, taking valuable feedback from their parents and teachers and are providing education to the best of our abilities. Education not just in terms of academic knowledge but also in terms of behavioural change through counselling.

 

We are taking into account the fact that after all we are all humans, and as much as we have been taught by society that life is a race, sometimes we all just need to stop, take a break, reflect on ourselves, on our actions, on how we are impacting others and our surroundings and how we can help each other out in the times of need. 

 

I hope we as members of DPS Gaya continue to rise and reach excellence with every single passing day. No matter what the circumstances are, we should always work with enthusiasm and stay positive and mindful of our actions. In the end, all that will be left behind by us will be nothing but the things we do and words we speak. We will be remembered by the way we live and the impact we make in other's lives. If we live our lives with gratitude, humility, warmth and empathy we can all turn out to be so much better than we are already and that's the goal all of the human race should have in their lifetime.

 

I want to finish off by saying I am thankful to the Lord for putting us all through these stressful times which has compelled us to realise and value each other and our Mother Nature more. I hope we continue to be grateful and appreciative of the things that have been provided to us and even the things that aren't because we never know what comes next. Even when things are extremely tough right now, I am hopeful that this too shall pass - we will survive and we will thrive and will come out as the best possible version of ourselves. 

 

Sending love, light and positivity your way ✨