No 6: It is possible to live even with...
(The) 14 Days stay in a hotel have just entered into
my memory. I was confined in a small room. There were just two beds (we were
two of us), only one small (really small) table and a chair. There was hardly
any space left in the room.
It was around 3.30am when I checked in the room. I was
so tired that I went to bed immediately. I got up in the morning as I had to go
for COVID test. After the breakfast, I went to bed again. I got up on time just
for the lunch. I took long rest again after the lunch and got up late in the
evening just to take shower and to have supper. The first day at the hotel
passed quite fast!
Limit yourself! I began the second day, by discovering
and accepting the ‘reality’. First of all, there was no facility to wash cloths
and giving them to laundry would be exceptionally expensive. I cannot effort to
go out for walk or any sorts of physical exercise. I cannot get the food that I like. And most
importantly, I don’t have a separate place to pray of my own.
But it did not take much time to look for other
alternatives. I began to manage quite well. Perhaps my Jesuit training to ‘adjust
oneself with any situation’ has helped me to adjust myself. Once, one of the
senior Jesuits told me, “we, as Jesuits not only find God in everything but
also we try to adjust in everything/everywhere.” How true were his words!
As I leave the hotel, (last) these 14 days will remain
as memorable days in my life. I may not have the opportunity to live all by
myself again for 14 days. But the experiences that I have gained will remain
with me for many years...
