Quarantine ahh! This word gives goosebumps. Its been a few months, that we had been introduced to this word.
Me being a teenager, these all things had almost brought me into tears. I never felt so desperate in my life for being alive.
Although I agree that this period was quite difficult but it changed a lot about me.

First thing I would like to tell is that I learnt more about myself. I found the hidden purpose of my life. I never thought that what I actually wanted in life and now I know that what I want is happiness and my loved ones around me. I won't tell what actually I have in my mind but it surely gives what I want in my life. My life without purpose is like heart without heartbeats. I think purpose gives a direction to the life and acts as a source of motivation. 
Anyways , you would find it rather unusual that a teenager is speaking about life but this is my way of looking at the world. I realised a lot more things about human beings. And found out that who really were close to me and who were not. 

I realised that I was giving rather more importance to some people who didn't deserve that. I just realised that I was there when they needed someone to talk but when I needed the same,they simply turned their back. It was my family and my closed ones who stood firmly by my side always. 

I also found the meaning of true love. Love could not be described but only could be felt. You are in love when you care for someone even more than yourself and you don't expect anything in return not even love. Just thinking about that person makes you smile and whenever you want someone he or she is the first one in your mind. I feel being loved when mamma gently pats me on the back and pappa lovingly tease me.

Sorry for being flowed too much but you know paper is patient that is why I just let out my feelings. The main reason behind writing this article was to explain that quarantine is not a punishment its an opportunity to make ourselves better, find 
our hidden talents and most importantly give time to ourselves and our family which we could not give on busy days.

If you have read the poem named 'Keeping quite' by Pablo Neruda , you would totally get what I want to say. I wouldn't say that I loved being in quarantine as it is not the situation to be completely happy about it but I don't think it to be that difficult and besides it taught me a lot.
 We had a chapter in our syllabus when I was in second standard namely, 'Everything happens for the best. ' I hope that with the situation like this , God has planned something good for us. 

Thank you for reading and stay safe, be happy.

Aakanksha Kulkarni