It is a common belief that the pandemicCorona Virus, technically called COVID-19, has brought sadness and pain withitself and there is nothing positive has happened since February 2020. However,all is not gloomy and the pandemic has been transforming humanity and nature inways that would not have been possible otherwise.
One of the most important assets a person canhave is his mental peace. Usually, the life of almost every individual is arace to the next task, event, party, movie, or web series. But the pandemicupended this frenzied lifestyle. Almost every person was forced to stay indoorsfor about a year, and many qualities got time and attention to grow in allpeople during these times. Having a lot of time on their hands and beinglocalised to their four walls, once the initial resistance was over, peoplebegan to meditate, introspect, and to become a better version of them. Thesurge in subscriptions to meditation, personal growth, self-actualization,self-help, and positivity channels on YouTube during the last ten months is atestament to the growing interest in self-awareness among individuals. Thus,improvement in consciousness of the world as a whole has been a positiveside-effect of the pandemic COVID-19.
Family time has been a prime casualty ofadvancing technologies specifically Internet, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Thepandemic of Corona Virus, having forced people to stay indoors for months onend, broke down the walls of distance among family members. When the peoplerealised that they are not going anywhere soon, even mild enmities among thefamily members began to melt and they began to get to know each other again.The number of reported domestic violence cases seems to have dropped recentlyand this could be attributed to the people being forced in close proximity toeach other. As a result, family bonding due to the lockdown restrictions is anadvantage that no one could have foreseen.
In summary, it has been observed that thepandemic COVID-19 is nothing but bad news. However, this is not the case withindividuals learning to gain mental peace and becoming mindful. Furthermore,family time spent among the people has risen.