What time does to you…

I met a woman today who used to be our neighbor when I was 8 years old. She had an amazing soul. Her husband died of an electric shock back then so she lived alone.

And now after almost 10 years I met her again. I went back to see how she was because I was in the city and I needed to meet her.

And oh god what time does to you. There I saw an old woman who had problem walking, her house which used to literally shine was now filled with dust and dirt.

I couldn’t help but cry. She had turned old. What time does to you is out of your hands people.

Take care of the old people around you no matter who they are. It doesn’t matter if they’re nice to you or not. It doesn’t matter if you’re related or not. Take care of them.

Give them unconditional love and they’ll smile at you, they’ll pray for you and I think that’s the best reward you can get back for the love you give.

My first Online UNV task !

Hey guys !

Today I’m very excited because I’ve been accepted for a task of UN. To be very honest I was not expecting to be accepted for any task at all because of not having an official volunteer experience but I got accepted.

So, my first task was for the elderly Covid-19 awareness for Kenya. Raising awareness is something I’m good at so it wasn’t much of a challenging task for me.

Well ignore the ‘was’ because technically I’m still performing this task.

I need your help as well. Help me perform this task efficiently. And follow me on twitter as well I’ve tweeted regarding this cause it’ll mean a lot if you could retweet those tweets.

https://twitter.com/WritersRead1?s=09

I’ve become an Online UNV

I’ve always dreamed of starting an organization. I was one of those people who would put everything on fate and not do anything to make their dreams come true. These people exist and I’m here to change that. I want those individuals to know that anything and everything can happen if they take some steps in the right direction.

Taking a few steps in the wrong direction and realizing it afterward is something I have done and it wasn’t wastage of time for me, I got a lot of lessons from this wrong path and I don’t regret it at all.

So, let me tell you guys a bit about where this idea of becoming a UN volunteer came from.

I’m a student so becoming a full-time volunteer was not possible for me. My dream of starting an organization still lives and I will practically do something about it but not now.

So, an online volunteer it was. I love helping people and it breaks me when I see people sitting on the footpaths asking for money. Old people doing work beyond their capabilities just because they don’t have any other means of earning.

I want to change that. I’ve got no idea for how an online volunteer can help efficiently and make a difference in the society but I have to give this a shot.

I’ve applied for a lot of tasks but haven’t gotten any reply back from them. This was like four days ago and I’ve heard that they take almost two weeks to reply to you so wish me luck.

I have got high hopes.

Losing hope after being hopeful for so long ?

I’m normally an optimistic person. Emphasizing a bit on the word normally. Covid is not normal at all and I’ve been stuck in this house for more than a year now. They open the institutes , we meet our friends but then after a week they close the institutions once again. It’s not their fault either but it’s irritating and I’m done.

Till the end of last year I was hopeful because I thought that it’s been a year and we’ll get out of this stronger. New year brings new hope and well covid will leave , it’ll end but it doesn’t seem to be even close to ending.

The hope is fading. The small light in a dark cave is becoming dimmer day by day. Where I live the positivity ratio was 12% today and it ain’t a very big town. It scares me.

I want to be hopeful but hope just doesn’t wanna reside within me. It wants to leave. I’m desperate to hear the sweet news which for me is “covid has ended “. That we’ve defeated it.

It’s not that I’ve stopped following the SOPs . I haven’t! But I’m done hearing tragic news about people dying of this virus. People losing their loved ones to this covid.

Thousands of questions are arising in my mind like, why did people have to eat bats in the first place? , Isn’t eating bats disgusting? , haven’t you heard of draculas?

Even then I can’t help but give myself hope that this covid will not defeat us and the ray of hope inside us. We will come out of this stronger. I hope we do and I hope it ends.

But you know what ? I feel like it’s not going to be the old normal after this covid ends.

We’ll have a new normal. What do you think?

Poetry on “Defeated”

DEFEATED

Mind filled with rage
You find yourself in a cage
There’s nowhere you can go
And nothing can be done

Growling to yourself
Glaring at your reflection
Even though you’re not at fault
But, maybe you are

Mind filled with confusion
You’ll have to make a concession
There’s no way you can egress
Now everything seems pointless

Talking to yourself
Screaming in your pillow
Afraid that someone might discover
That you’ve been defeated

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I wrote this when I was going through some hard times and was very depressed. I hope you like it.