Ever since God said, ‘Let there be light’, we worship it as a saviour. Light is a symbol of truth -a glimmer of hope. But, on the other hand, darkness is the evil that is feared. So, unless you are a Dracula, it is best removed or avoided.
“Every search for a hero must begin with something which every hero requires, a villain”.
Interesting words of Hollywood wisdom by Dr. Vladimir Nekhorvich. If you are wondering, he develops the deadly Chimera virus and its cure in Mission Impossible II. Think about it. What is the point of a hero when there is no villain to defeat? Or, what is the purpose of light if there is no darkness?
The misery and fear caused by COVID 19 qualify it as pure evil and darkness. The quintessential villain. But, thank God to movie wisdom, we know that where there is a villain, there will emerge a hero. Usually, a forgotten one. So this pandemic is as good a reason as any for a hero to appear.
So who is that hero?
Who is the real hero
Is it the lockdown? Or travel restrictions? Of course, these efforts helped for a while until we decided that they did not.
So, is Vaccination the chosen One? We will know the truth in the long run. But, who has the patience to wait? Anyway, with so many nay Sayers around, we cannot call it the Chosen One yet. For now, we can call it an excellent sidekick to the hero, at best.
Self-Discipline
The real hero is our self-discipline – Mask, social distancing, hygiene and many other small but essential aspects that keep us safe. Habits that make us humans. Good practices that we long forgot and proudly branded ‘New Normal’ when we remembered them.
We ignored self-discipline and let the pandemic determine how we lived. Unfortunately, it took a powerful villain to unearth a strength that we forgot. We allowed the adversity to define the our responsibility.
We searched for the match stick after dark. But will we at least keep the flame on longer? Will we let discipline live with us, or are we already forgetting the hero again?
Let there be light
God said, Let there be light. He must have said that for a reason. Light is supposed to define and defy darkness. Whereas, we are letting darkness dictate what the light should do. The villain has become the need for a hero to appear. No wonder, the light is relegated fighting a lost battle of defying darkness.
Let us not lose it again. Let us not ignore our hero. Let us not lose those disciplines. Are these the new normal? Shouldn’t they should simply be the norms.
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