CAREER ORIENTATION IN THE MIST OF THE PANDEMIC
This virus is the most culminating mental health challenge. Insecurity, self-confidence and fear have never been in the fiercest struggle for management and control by humankind. In our Kosovo, dealing with this virus often becomes impossible. It was March of the same year that changed the lifestyle, the organization of activities. Starting with transport, where he does not see distance, masks between the noses and elbows, millimetre distance, people tired and tired of this global cataclysm.
Illustration: Argjira Kukaj
I have decided to open the gate of courage, to walk the path covered with fear, which leads me to the light of the primary life goal: the announcement and the beginning of the next level of education, namely the university.
I have decided to follow the path already abandoned, a shattered promoter, a mechanism turned into tool and value transformed into anti-value, justice.
Justice, because first of all it is a principle, a virtue and a pillar of morality.
Justice, which everyone talks about, seeks, criticizes … but does not want to practice.
I have chosen the only alternative, which will fill the gap of my personality, because I think that, at no other stage of life, neither the years that would tread on me, nor the challenges that I would fight with them, will not to be able to draw the lessons that would shape my personality, like justice above all.
And among all those directions I chose what was specifically looking for me, unlike others who chose what they were looking for.
In this very wild time, this profession breathes hard, since people have become traders of principles and dignity, and this seems to signal that the justice system does not control others, but is controlled by others.
Even more difficult if we see that the practice of rights, laws should be applied only from the obligatory and binding side, then it always happens to become an irritating cliché, but if we apply and practice them out of our will, empathy and morality, they seem to fill us with comfort and touch our conscience in case we are in danger of deviating from the path of principles, kindness and solidarity with others.
Depending on his branch, he is still a leader at the top of state bodies and often by professionals who practice this profession there is a possibility to be influenced by the ego and to nurture solipsism from executive positions, this cannot be derived from anything else than suffering for attention.
It took me years to realize that no one has told me, the uniqueness of a human being is determined by the nature of the challenges, not just the progress of his achievements.
One must descend to the depths of calamity to catch the peaks of goodness.
Although less collective, institutional security, the determination to successfully crown this sacrifice does not stop me any from any barrier.
The end of an educational cycle spontaneously changes the whole course of learning and assessment with a few signals.
Usually the end of a thing, a period is different from when it marks a beginning. The beginnings are destined to be new, unlike the end.
I did not encounter this when I finished high school, a bitter ending with an almost similar beginning, except its content of a different character, but the purpose remains the same.
A small invisible virus became the enemy of humanity, which today apart from fear and insecurity, does not forgive anything else.
This serious condition clearly stated the importance, the connection with the physical health that has mental health and the consequences that we can suffer in case we do not maintain the same balance of mental care with physical.
This virus is the most culminating mental health challenge. Insecurity, self-confidence and fear have never been in the fiercest struggle for management and control by humankind. In our Kosovo, dealing with this virus often becomes impossible. It was March of the same year that changed the lifestyle, the organization of activities. Starting with transport, where he does not see distance, masks between the noses and elbows, millimetre distance, people tired and tired of this global cataclysm.
I do not know how long it will last. I do not know when it marks the end. I do not know, is it a trap or did I accidentally bump into it, or is it a “karma” modified by nature.
But, I know that it has become a monotony, a suffocating indicator that does not even allow us to share the same air with others, a cause that mediates distance in greetings, hugs, work, communication, learning …
From the protective measures that should be practiced against this virus, it often seems to me that this virus has read the inside of humanity …
Bad weather, a year that demands accountability globally to humanity.
Should we stay away from each other for so long to feel the essence of the absence, do we need so much longing to measure the love we have for each other!?
About the author: Florë Halimi, 19 years old from Podujeva, is a law student in University of Prishtina.
This grant is supported by the ‘Civil Society programme for Albania and Kosovo’, financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and managed by Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) in partnership with Partners Albania for Change and Development (PA). The content and recommendations do not represent the official position of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF).
