Dear readers and to my future self (when I review my articles some day, some time in the days/ weeks/ months/ years to come): After a long hiatus, I'm back. Hopefully much wiser, to venerate moments that has slipped through our fingers like sands of time.
For better or worse, the COVID-19 has left an indent in the lives of homo sapiens breathing in the 21st century. While some of us have successfully learnt to acknowledge, accept, and adjust to the catastrophic changes that it has brought upon this planet, many of us are grappling with whomever who has a say in life decisions matters about SOPs and vaccines - predominantly policy makers for sanctioning loose decisions without proper public awareness exercise and plenty of us are merely exhausting our coping mechanisms hustling to make ends meet without loosing our sanity. Needless to say, it is an era that will test our physical, mental, and emotional fortitude and prowess.
Having said that, now is the time for humanity to prevail. And for that, we need to embrace our differences with humility and collaborate in all facets to triumph over obstacles. Despite the pandemic halting the planet to almost a stand still, yet we never cease to continue to living. Such is the resilience of the homo sapiens race. Right in the smack of a pandemic and economic recession, we continue to perpetuate into the IR 4.0 and soon IR 5.0 will be right at our doorsteps before we can process what has happened in this decade.
Living and working in isolation as well as communicating through machines powered to the satellite constellation goes against the grain of neuroscientists researching the fact that how face-to-face communication between two people activates the language and comprehension parts of the brain rather than a non-interactive isolated behaviour. This discovery is pivotal because evolution of the anatomy of the brain in the language and comprehension area is what sets us apart from other primates. This goes to say that we need one another for longevity of the mind and soul, besides the carnal need to coexist to procreate. What message will this send to the new race of human beings? Will they persevere to preserve the notion that human beings are social creatures? Or build acquaintances as and when they deem necessary, and start and end relationships with a touch of a button?
Life is so much more than finding a cure for a disease. Life must be cherished and lived to one's fullest capacity; for it is temporary yet deeds live on for eternity, fragile yet robust, simple yet a mystery. As the days mark the end of the unforgettable year 2020, one can only hope for a much pleasant year to unfold. One thing is for sure is that research in arts and science will discover great changes in the human markup in years to come from the turmoil that 2020 has impacted us all.
I'm grateful for the learning curve COVID-19 has left me with and I look forward to embrace a brand new year (norm) to come.
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