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Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

notion of hate, sadness and fear struck her. “I fear? Nothing. Nothing at all. Fear is just like any
don’t want to die” would always be on her mind. other emotion, it comes and goes makes you feel
But the strange thing was that it wasn’t because a certain way and that’s it. But the unique part
of the virus, it was something even deadlier, her of it is that it never actually leaves you. With a
thoughts. Following this, she ignored people, physical or a figurative form it’s always on your
procrastinated, and rejected any invitations. mind. Disguised as something else whilst gam-
bling the entity known as
One would call her crazy A state where she couldn’t feel any- life. So, at last the journey
and in fact, she was. Un- thing, one that fulfilled the banishment never ended, she couldn’t
til something clicked in- of all her previous emotions. It seems control fear or minimise
side her. “Nothing mat- quite simple, just think this way then it, it simply took anoth-
ters, life is meaningless so everything will be fine. Well, if life was er form. Likewise, most
why ponder about find- so easy, everybody would be happy. people fear a common
ing its worth,” and so, she entity called death. In
entered the paradox of nihilism. The feeling of such a case, she never resisted but rather became
numbness and emptiness struck her. curious about this outcome. Then, What was the
purpose of this? Nothing. What was the purpose
A state where she couldn’t feel anything, one that of fear? Nothing. What was the purpose of life?
fulfilled the banishment of all her previous emo- Nothing. But somehow, she managed to find the
tions. It seems quite simple, just think this way answer to the question that became the ultimate
then everything will be fine. Well, if life was so origin of all other questions.
easy, everybody would be happy. Hence, this was
the coming of a gradual process. Wherever she The question: Why?
was atop of a platform that consists of a great .…………..
height from the ground, she wasn’t afraid but
rather would have an eager will to jump off it. The answer: Why Not?
Whenever there was a vehicle zooming through
the road, she wanted to stand before it, whenever
there was a scene in a movie of a person being
killed, she in fact wanted to be the victim. Why
was that her will? Why was that her question?

“We are all a group of atoms or strangers put into
this world to play a certain role then what right
do we have to judge others?” In the same case,
in a scenario where there is a glass half filled
with water, would you drink or empty it or sim-
ply fill it to the top? Many would choose one or
the other but some like her would quite certainly
break the glass by stating the fact that it wouldn’t
matter if it was full or empty. Now, going back
to the statement, “This is the process of how a
girl learned how to control her fear and gain the
acknowledgement of what comes after that.” So,
what comes after you have managed to conquer Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear