SOMETIMES WE NEED FANTASY TO SURVIVE THE SAD REALITY

by: Medy Lou T. Caramihan
The world today is not as wonderful as yesterday, we suddenly encounter this unexpected horrifying disease in which due to its specific risks to ourselves or to others wherein we can move and interact freely, we have this restriction policy for people or community to stay where we are and that is what we called lockdown. We cannot deny the fact that somehow this lockdown tied us, we've became close to our family, it gave us time to bond with them, it taught us to pray and worship God by just staying in our home, and let us do things that serves as our boredom relievers.

 Reading stories specifically wattpad is my favorite hobby all this time. It is my way of escaping the world/reality. The entire lockdown is very memorable to me but not in a good way. Two members of our family passed away and we have this problem wherein all of us really have the difficulty in dealing with it. Since we're not complete because others were stuck in the place where they work, it's difficult for us to handle it by ourselves. We still need support, guidance and good relationship towards them, but yeah, things didn't go what we wanted, so we learn to accept and hoping that God has the best plan in all of these.
 Reading helps me forget my problems even just for a while. The fact that we don't have an internet connection, that was my only gateway where I can forget the world, connect to the other world, and put myself in the story. It is not only for entertainment but the lesson that I could get from it. It gives me tips where I can apply it into real life situations. The moral lesson, situation, mental stimulation, stress reduction, knowledge, vocabulary expansion, memory and writing skills improvement, improved focus and concentration, stronger analytical thinking and free entertainment were the benefits I could get from reading it. For some people reading wattpad is nothing but for me it is my partner in life. I read because just like the saying stated that, "Reading is dreaming, with your eyes open." I am just thankful to the authors for giving people such hints and beautiful content where they can connect with their readers. It's just that I love how they work and fix the gaps/loopholes created by the characters in the story. For instance the technique on dealing with it helps me to know how to deal and manage my everyday life. It makes me realize that even how hard is your day you need to continue, you need to face it without doubt and hesitations because the struggle you've experience is not for you to give up but for you to become stronger and increase your determination in life. Life will not go easy on you so expect the worst, but even if the worst comes, think and look the brighter side of it, because as they said, "There's always a rainbow after the rain." Let's not forget the positive side of everything, because it helps us in coping our problems.