I’ve tried to use this time to sit still, to self-reflect, to get to know myself better and I’ve also started a new meditation practice which has given me more inner peace and tranquility amidst so much uncertainty and confusion.

“You only have control over yourself” – I think we all try to have control over situations and people in our lives, thinking we can steer the way and control outcomes, but throughout this pandemic, we have all been tested. It is clear, we don’t have control over the pandemic, the MCO, the global shutdown etc. All we have control over is ourselves — our thoughts, our feelings and our actions. We only have this absolute power over ourselves, yet so often we focus our energy on everything else except ourselves.