I am a firm believer that everything that happens in life happens for a reason. I honestly think that no matter how hard what we are going through is, it’s there to teach us something, so when it comes to COVID-19 and despite all the stress, all the panic and all the chaos, I hope you will take a moment to think that despite all this there are lessons here to be learned from this situation that we are all in.

Maybe COVID-19 is here to teach us all something, maybe it is here to teach us that no matter where we live or where we come from or what kind of religion any of us have or what kind of position we hold or how educated any of us are or what’s our social standard or how much money we have that at the end none of this actually matters, we are all in this together, we are all the same when it comes to something like this. Nothing is going to protect you, not your money and not your social standards actually nothing will. You’re just like everyone else.

Maybe COVID-19 is here to remind us all of the things we kept taking for granted every day like all the hugs, all the kisses, all the family and friends gatherings, all the parties, all the concerts even the really simple things like just meeting a friend for a cup of coffee in the morning, all these were such beautiful things that we just kept taking for granted.

Maybe COVID-19 is here to show us how nothing is granted in life; you could be living very normally one day and the next day you’d see the whole world upside down and full of panic. Maybe it’s here to show us that it’s not just about us; that what we do affects greatly everyone around us and that we need to think of others more, we need to understand that our actions don’t just affect us but actually affect people around us as well.

Maybe COVID-19 is here to give us the time to think and to not be distracted by all the outings and the rush of everyday life, maybe it’s here to give us more time at home, more time to meditate, more time to pursue our hobbies, more time to do the things we have always felt like we didn’t have the time for, maybe it’s here to show us that it’s okay to not be rushing every day to all these events feeling like we need to catch up with everything and having that fear of missing out, maybe it’s here so it can teach us that we can slow down sometimes and just have simple, quiet and indoor nights.

Maybe COViD-19 is here to remind us that no matter how much we try to control everything in life, the universe will show us that this is just impossible, that’s not how things work, no matter how much we try there’s no way that we can control everything, some things are just out of our control and it’s beyond our power.

Maybe COVID-19 is here to make us feel vulnerable and weak and it’s not necessarily a bad thing maybe it’s here to remind us that in times like these we need something greater than all this, maybe it’s here to bring us closer to god, maybe it’s here to show us that when there’s no place to go to and there’s no shelter to hide at that we can always seek god.

In a time like this, I hope you don’t get stuck in a loop of stress or panic over the COVID-19 but instead maybe try to embrace it, try to figure out what could be the reason behind having to experience this, I think each one of us will learn something different out of this period of time, I think it’s here to teach us all something. Because things in life don’t just happen, they happen for a reason.