PEACE OF MIND By: Zeba Hashmi, London Ontario
S
erenity is a calm-
to cut down the level of
ness, a feeling of
traveling, consumerism, and
tranquility. How
physical engagement with
many of us have
others. This has certainly
it? How many of us have
slowed our level of outdoor
the time to feel in such a
daily activity and shifted it
manner? How many of us
to the indoors. We now
are able to adapt to it when
more than ever are engag-
forced to?
ing with our families, our
At this point in time, we are
little ones, our youth, and
seeing our routines as pre-
our elders, even if it is from
Covid-19 and post-Covid-19.
a distance. We are more in-
“
How would we rank ourselves with having a sense of calmness in
volved in cooking, crafts,
There is no longer a village to support the physical needs of a family.
our lives? This depends on
and nature.
your personal living arrange-
We have become pockets of
ment, family size, level of
isolated family units and
stability, and support sys-
while we are embarking
tem.
once again on a lifestyle that
In the lockdown post Covid-
existed in the mid-late
19 we have also been forced Photo by Oscar Nord on Unsplash 8
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