{"id":5983,"date":"2020-03-26T23:41:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/?p=5983"},"modified":"2020-03-27T02:02:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T20:17:32","slug":"grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/2020\/03\/26\/grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Riha - Anuv Jain\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nI3Ps3kIcAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large\"><p>\u201cThe greatest obstacle to&nbsp;<strong>living<\/strong>&nbsp;is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today\u2026 The whole future lies in uncertainty:&nbsp;<strong>live immediately<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><cite>Seneca<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-9.54.11-PM-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5984\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-9.54.11-PM-2.png 1600w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-9.54.11-PM-2-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-9.54.11-PM-2-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-9.54.11-PM-2-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-9.54.11-PM-2-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption>Covid-19 Map as of March 26, 2020 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a COVID-19 map from <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/map.html\">Johns Hopkins<\/a>,<em> Univeristy of Medicine<\/em> . And THIS my friend &#8212; tells a lot about <strong>us!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, nobody saw it coming. And most certainly, we did not want any of this lockdown shit, at least not for causes as grave as this&#8230; at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, there&#8217;s an important lesson for all of us to mull over.  For all of the remaining un-deads; Un-affected-s &#8230; for those far fetched from the claws of malignancy and heartbreaks and despair and hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That not now but someday sooner-or-later, we will all die as some of us will turn to ashes and some, food for worms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duly, contemplify. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love. Grace. App<strong>reci<\/strong>ate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be happy that you and your loved ones are fucking <strong>breathing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>[ Don&#8217;t know about you but  I&#8217;ve to remind myself of this so many times in any ordinary day! ]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-dark-gray-background-color has-very-dark-gray-color is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s Day 3 since Nepal Government imposed a nation-wide lockdown to contain coronavirus spread in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commendable caution there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also Day 3 that I&#8217;ve been <strong>working from home<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working more insane hours than ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fuck!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just yesterday, I&#8217;ve had a ridiculous meltdown towards the end of  the work day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undisputed <strong>culprit:<\/strong> work burnout!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, few good things happened too within this lockdown timeline from March 24th, 2020 to <strong>today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6094-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5993\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6094-scaled.jpg 1920w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6094-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6094-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6094-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6094-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sabishrestha25\/\"><strong>Dee<\/strong><\/a> received a $20 bill with this heart warming note. <br>We both agree, it&#8217;s worth more than any quantifiable shit.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1800\" src=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-9.21.45-PM.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5995\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/?attachment_id=5995\" class=\"wp-image-5995\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Sheep-bro (<strong>admin.war in the picture<\/strong>) successfully<strong> built &amp; deployed<\/strong> to UAT server. at 20:59PM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#5d565c\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-very-light-gray-color\">My best friend,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/manish.rajbhandari\/\"> <strong>Manish Rajbhandari <\/strong><\/a> finally became a father of a very beautiful <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ibb.co\/4gdM7qK\">daughter<\/a> <\/strong>. He&#8217;d describe his fatherhood experience <em>(in his words)<\/em> <strong>&#8216;I don\u2019t think I have cried that much in long long time. It was very very hard to see her go through that yaar<\/strong>&#8216;. Such a pure, elemental form of love there, I reckon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Blessed, <\/strong>again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Plus, a five-star care by my two wonderful parents. For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/ibb.co\/z8YYCJw\">here&#8217;re my mom&#8217;s heart warming messages since March of 24, 2020 (i.e., Day1)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:50px\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color has-very-dark-gray-background-color\">In toto; This post my friend is a call to &#8212;<strong> self-reflect<\/strong> at times &amp; learn to <strong>be Grateful<\/strong>, amid shits life non-discriminatorily throws at us. Period!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span> \u201cThe greatest obstacle to&nbsp;living&nbsp;is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today\u2026 The whole future lies in uncertainty:&nbsp;live immediately.\u201d Seneca This is a COVID-19 map&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/2020\/03\/26\/grateful\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grateful<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82,89],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5983"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6017,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions\/6017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}