Feeling the pain of people under permanent lock down

Today we are all in a situation where we cannot go out to places we wish to go. It gives a feeling as if we are locked inside a cage. This is definitely a good period to understand the feelings of the family members and gel more with the family. But at the same time, there is definitely a saturation limit for us which we are already losing little by little. I have already started hearing from some of my friends that this lockdown is so frustrating not able to go outside anywhere and meet people in person.

Today when I was thinking about all these things, I suddenly remembered about people who are under permanent lockdown. I'm referring to people who are physically challenged or people who are bedridden and don't have a chance or possibility to get out of their house by any means. Today I'm able to understand how difficult it would have been for them to go day after day without being able to be normal like others. If you ask me how this quarantine is keeping me, I would tell you that it is not very great. It would have been the same case for them throughout their life, isn't it?

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I'm not a very social person these days and before quarantine, I would be very happy if I can stay locked inside a room for days together with just my laptop and internet. But today even though I live the dream that I had before quarantine, I'm not finding it very great. Even though I like being like this, I also sometimes feel that I should roam freely without any restrictions. This quarantine is not keeping me that way. Sometimes I feel like taking my bike and just roam somewhere for the sake of roaming without any clear intentions as to where I would like to go. I'm currently missing all those things.

I was thinking about my grandfather at this moment. We all think about how much we have lost our freedom because of this quarantine but for people like my grandfather who cannot go out of the house even if he wishes to, it is very hard. He stopped walking years back and he cannot go anywhere without anyone's support, not even to the toilet or to take a bath. I'm just imagining such situations and how I would feel about it. Just this temporary quarantine itself is making us feel bad but for people like my grandfather, it is a permanent lockdown long back.

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At this point, we cannot do much about this except feeling sad for them. If possible if you people like that around you, one good thing that you can do is just spend some time with them. They will not be able to go out and meet people and spend time with them but sitting with them and spending time with them can give them a good feeling and they will not feel back for their permanent lockdown. This is what I'm going to continue doing even this lockdown gets over.