With current global health crisis as a result of coronavirus, it seems to be seen like unusual time portraying difficult situations. But the best of human nature can rise to the challenge, we must know that whatever happened is act of Allah.
Allah Said in Quran Surat
Al-Baqarah, And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger
and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient
(155), Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to
Allah, and indeed to Him we will return,156 Those are the ones upon whom are
blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly]
guided 157. All these verses show that human being will survive and rise
after all. Indeed, Covid19 has claimed a lot of lives and wealth many people lost
their love ones, others lost their jobs and some lost their wealth but if you look at the whole picture, certainly you
will survive, rise and bounce back. Always look other side of the situation
surely you will be thankful to Allah.
Crises will strengthen our connections
With lockdown due to
Covid-19, bringing families to stay at home, eat, enjoy, laugh together, hug the
kids or partner, look at them in the eyes, have long conversations with
them all of these gestures promote
closeness and also increase your oxytocin, which is a hormone that bonds people
and also has a calming effect on your body. When your oxytocin levels spike,
they tell your body to switch off cortisol, the stress hormone during this
difficult moment. as we go thru our busy lives, we never thought about
strengthening the connections between families, and become so hard that families
even see each other. For example, Fathers may spend couple of days without
seeing their kids, due to work, and different sleeping time. However, with
Corona situation family staying to together through the period enjoying home
cook food. How beautiful it is.
Kindness,
sympathy and respect to others
In Quran verse (29:65), and now, if they embark on a boat, they
call on Allah, making their devotion sincerely and exclusively….). It’s a human
nature to go back to Allah during the
crises, we have seen the mosques, churches, temples and everyone praying with devotion and
purity, it is the nature of human being
to look for the good in each other’s while we are hoping for solution that
simply because during the crises our ego will disappear as human being and go back to our natural form without any ego as
result of crises. Covid-19 brings out both the worst and the best in human
nature. The worst part is that everyone trying to stock maximum for themselves
as you may notice from recent news, the fight over toilet paper, we are
emptying the selves to have enough for ourselves without consideration to
others because panic situation. However, in the crises you will learn the best of
human nature with ego free, people donating whatever they can to scientists,
hospital or other entities. You will see medical Doctors and hospital staff are
working overtime to help sick patients. Neighborhoods are putting together
care packages for people who are sleeping rough. People are sending, posting
and sharing positive messages on social media. Friends from across the globe
reaching out to each other in In order to show sympathy and offer some comfort
to their fellow brothers and sisters. When we tune into these positive and
pro-social aspects of the crisis, we are seeing unity.
By highlighting
these few points, you can potentially change your understanding about the
situation and build up your energy stores to help you cope with the other
aspects of your day that have been made more difficult.
