A note to you

This is not just another blog post, this is a note to a special person. This is a letter to convey the unsaid words of gratitude. Gratitude for making me realize my strength and beauty. This is a note to tell you how special you are, a note to tell you how you have touched a life.

Just two days back I stumbled on a few lines, that got me thinking. The line that struck me was: "her wounds came from the same source as her power". This got me to thinking, of course, it is us, who else. It has always been us- us who love a lot or who think a lot or who talk a lot or feel a lot. It is a woman, who is capable of this. It is a woman gets shot down ten times and she gets back up 11 times.

This got me to look around, look around and realize all along I have been surrounded by some phenomenal women, who have been through hell and still laugh the loudest laughter, women who have been through worst of hardships and they carry those scars wrapped in a smile. I have seen women who have fallen and made mistakes and I have seen them stand back up, look life in the eye and say -"I'll make up for it, but I won't let it ruin me, not today!". 

This is a note to you. 

This is a note to you, who thinks a lot, and then some more, who can manage to raise a chaos out of a perfect situation. This is a note to you, who can manage to walk tall in the chaos, who has the strength to make it right. This is a note to the fierce, bold and beautiful you, who fights like fire, and loves like fire.

This is a note to you, who is a daughter and a son, a fighter and a provider. This is a note to you who gives a lot and asks for so little, who looses small matches, curses herself and gets back up every time because she is made to win at life. A note to you, who wears an armor and a smile.

This is a note to you, who has learned to occupy as little space in a room as possible, who carries a storm inside her and smiles the sweetest smile. This is a note to you, who has denied life's bitterness to take away her sweetness. A note to you, who is fire covered in ice. I admire your courage, your strength and your pride.

This is a note to you, who knows sky is her limit, who is talented and sharp, beautiful and gentle, and tied down by restrictions, who has the strength to break the chains and still chooses to wear them like ornaments because she knows her time will come. This is a note to you and a bow to your patience, and your strength and your wisdom.

This is a note to you, who was abused and mistreated, who laughs the craziest laughter. A note to you, who does the right thing, despite being wronged, who refuses to back down when life hits her the hardest. A note to my warrior princess.

This is a note to you, who is silly and confused and often perturbed, who looks for advice and a little bit of love, who has scars that no one sees and cries that no one hears, she owns them beautifully with a toothless smile that one should fear. This is a tribute to your bottomless, fathomless and unquestionable love.

This is a note to you, who stands tall in room full of men, they call you a wild card entry and you show them your strength. A note to you, who is the best employee, a mother and a friend.

This is a note to you, who is a true leader, who leads by example, who takes the blame and gives the credit, who stands in the way of all the bad and makes way for all the good, smiling all the way through. This is a note to your strength and the source of your power and the brilliant mother you are to your daughter.

This is a note to you, who loves beyond doubt, and hates beyond reason, who loves in the world that betrays. A note to you, who can walk the storm with her hair let loose, who refuses to let the life get the best of her. I am proud of the woman you have become. This is a celebration of your scars, your strength, and your love. And, finally this is a tribute to you who raised her. A note to you, who is a warrior, who is a true fighter, who simplifies, exemplifies and personifies womanhood. 

A note to you mother, I salute your sacrifices, your beauty, your strength, your mistakes, your love. 

A few words by Alison Malee:

Woman

You are not meant to be a temporary structure

You bring, you sustain, you nurture life.

You are the heart of many,

strength of lot.

You are permanent and irreplaceable landscape.

A lover, a friend, a sister, a mother,

A fighter, a scholar, a role model, a champion.

You are a victory and

a road-map of comforts

You are a home.

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse, what words come to the mind when you first hear this word? What picture comes to mind when you first hear this word?

Well, I will share what comes to my mind. The first word that comes to my mind is light, and the picture that flashes before my eyes is of a pitch black foggy-chilly night, a violent sea with waves crashing against the rocks, and a ship stuck in the sea for months, the despair and fear of the people who have been stuck on that ship, these people might have faced many atrocities at the hand of the mighty sea, they might be dying of thirst and hunger, they see this faint light shinning through and reaching them like a guiding light. The rejoice! The peace that befalls on them! The happy tears! It is overwhelming isn't it?

Yes it is, and they keep going, looking at the light, blocking out pain, fear, cold and hunger, they keep moving towards the light.

Never until this moment I realized, how important it is to have hope. It is just a four letter word, but perhaps most powerful one of them all. Hope, everything really stems from it, the strength to fight, the will to live, the passion to improve, to keep going long after your body can work and mind can comprehend, to love beyond bounds, to fight, to live, to die in peace. This four letter word has immense strength, it can win lost battles, it brings back dead, it wins hearts, and it keeps you going long after you thought was possible. 

We all live in the hope of better future, in the hope of happier times, in the hope of being more successful, in the hope of finding the love we deserve, in the hope of making the life we deserve. Till their last breaths, people with hope put up a fight. It is a very strong emotion, perhaps the strongest one and also one of the most underrated ones. It keeps you going till your last breath, it stays with you till the end of the life.

We should keep this hope alive no matter what, because this is what keeps us alive. I understand it gets difficult to see the light on darkest of nights, but remember my friend, it is on the darkest of nights that the light shines the brightest, you just have to look out for it and once you find it, don't let it loose your sight. Trust the light and keep moving forward.

Hope is lost, the will to live is lost. Unfortunately we live in times where it has become even more important to understand the power of hope for ourselves and for others. We should always be on the lookout for the lighthouse as we walk through some of the toughest times in our lives.

Every one today could use a little hope, and everyone today could give out a little hope. So try to be someone's Lighthouse and spread out your beautiful light, who knows you might help some lost souls and give them hope to survive the storm and the crushing waves of lives.This was my attempt to be someone's lighthouse.

Sharing a few lines that I heard somewhere, which I would love to share with you.

"What draws the eye to the lighthouse,

 Oh say what could it be?

Now how could a light on the mighty rock

forgive lost souls at sea.

There are no ropes to pull them in,

no maps of where to go.

And we hear the cries from crashing waves 

under the beacon's glow.

Relentlessly, the wind blows now

the noise, as  million drums!

The angry sea will swallow scores

as the weak in faith succumb.

Through rain and hail and deathly fog

sins weather strangely mixed

A faint but "guiding light" shines through, 

if eyes are firmly fixed!"

Keep Shinning!

Cheers to your beautiful light!

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