The mirror and the woman

I ran and ran and ran,

To things, to people and to places,

Bought all the things that can make me look how they say a woman should look.

Been to all the beautiful places, just to conclude it’s all overrated.

Pleased, begged and pleaded to all the people to understand that I am a good person.

I ran and ran and ran,

Until I was exhausted and there was no option left.

A full mirror I saw somewhere, attracted me towards itself.

I bought the mirror and got it at my place.

I thought it was something about the mirror,

But it was about the woman I saw in the mirror.

The woman I refused to make an effort to know or even care for years.

And the journey of meeting and greeting that woman started, from the mirror.

She became my cheerleader, my protector and my friend quickly.

We were able to interchange the roles as needed.

She has a potential to move the hearts with her words.

Her warmth can be felt in every room she enters.

She could be too much for you, because of her big emotions.

She tries hard to not to care about everything but generally she does.

She has sparkle in her eyes when she talks about the world, she wanna create.

She wants to uplift almost every woman she meets on her way.

She sometimes tries to hide her sadness, fears and grief beneath her anger.

She is mostly labeled as strong and brave, but I have seen her broken into pieces.

She believes in bringing change but struggles to give up on people, places and things easily.

She has to let go million things, million times in her journey.

But she is learning to do that with grace and flow.

Cheers to that woman and her becoming.

The woman is me.

The woman might be you.

Harneek!!

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This week’s recommendations:

• you only have one shot by

  Tuğba Avci
  on craving slowness and patience in this fast-paced world. I loved how her story reminds us that how we all can get that in the ways that works for us.

• A life free from unnecessary suffering gives birth to a version of yourself you rightly deserve by

  Paolo Peralta
  . “If food and shelter was provided for, would you still have an intrinsic motivation to create something that would benefit humankind?” Thought-provoking words by Paolo.

• The Sea and Me by

  Jane Deegan
  . Beautiful poem by Jane on her longing to be free and how it can be felt in or around nature.