5 things we appreciated again while in quarantine!

A normal day – you wake up and you are running late again – you wash your face and teeth as fast as you can, you are drinking your morning coffee while you are getting dressed! You run as you leave home and continue to hurry up! You have a million things to do today. You are running around the city as you get things done, then you are in a hurry to get home, you make dinner fast and are again in a hurry to get to sleep because you are at work tomorrow! And this is every day – always in a hurry, always running and the time is never enough! There is a mountain around you, there is beauty in front of you, there is your mother, father, sister, brother or just a friend – but you are always running, you are always late, you just can’t see the beauty in life! Do you recognize this person? Yes – this is you! This is me! This is all of us! And then there came a situation that put us home! And everybody was angry at first because there was work that has to be done, there were places you needed to be! BUT was it really that bad? Everybody was so used to be always running around, that home was turned into prison to them!

In this period there were a lot of people posting articles like : “What to do while you are in quarantine” or “Ways to have fun while you are at home”.  I won’t write about that! You all know the things that you like to do: read that book that you never had the time to read, watch that movie, grow plants, paint, learn to dance or whatever you want! But now let’s see was it really that bad staying at home? I present 5 things we appreciated again while in quarantine:  

1. We learned to appreciate our families again!

We are all trying our best to pay attention and give our time to our families but when life catches you, every conversation and every visit is faster than before because we are always in a hurry for something else! Now that we were all stuck at home we had the time to reappreciate each other! We had the time to talk again, we had the time to have dinner together and not be in a hurry because tomorrow we have to get up early! We really listened to each other! We reconnected! We laughed! We loved! We had fun together! We put behind all the stress, all the work, all the worries and we reconnected! We SAW each other again for real! There is no better time than the time spent with your family!

2. We started to appreciate the beauty around us again!

While we run around the city we can barely see the beauty that is around us! And no matter where you are located right now there is a lot of beauty around you because the whole life is a beauty! There is a mountain in front of us, that is so beautiful and we just don’t see it in our everyday routine! Now we finally saw again that beautiful flower on the street and we appreciated it, we finally got to hear the birds singing and we finally got the time to just pay attention and be happy with the things that are part of our days on this planet!

3.We became grateful!

Every each one of us is so blessed! Even if you are in a rough period in your life right now just know – everything will be fine again and you are blessed! We are all so blessed to be alive! Now we got the chance to thank for the sound we hear, for the view we see, for the ability to walk and to breathe – the gift of being alive! Because when you stop for a while you realize that it is the small things that matter and when we are alive and healthy we have everything!

4. We found ourselves!

We got our jobs fast, we changed it even faster and we just didn’t have the time to think if this whole life really make us happy! And when all stopped we had the opportunity to stay alone with our thoughts and feelings! And we started to do the things that truly make us feel complete! Maybe a lot of people will change their work after this situation and if this is the way that you will feel happy in this life then go ahead and finally do it! Maybe you have always wanted to be a chef, or maybe an artist! Every each one of us is so different and  have a different soul! The financial wealth is not the most important thing! In my opinion the most important thing is to do something that will make you truly happy and grateful and full of life! Because what’s the point of being rich if your work make you the most miserable person on the planet! Just listen to your inner self and follow your heart!

5. We became decisive!

All the time we are always telling ourselves that there is time for things to be done! We are running around doing our tasks but the things that really matter to us are the kind of the things that scare us! And we were always leaving them for another day! BUT there came a day where we didn’t have the time! The TIME STOPPED! And we wished that we have done the things we left behind and I think that now when we are slowly getting our old life back we came out more decisive and maybe some people will make their life changing move tomorrow!

So, I know that it was hard being home so much at first! But now when you read all this, do you still think that it was pointless? Well, people it really wasn`t that bad staying at home, was it? I think we will come back to the normal life better than ever, brand new, good, happy people!

Stay Safe and Be The Best Version of You!