Check out 16 Return-To-Work Programs In India For Ambitious Women Like You!
An uplifting poem on inner strength which would inspire you to forever rise against all odds.
Life keeps throwing me stones and I keep finding the diamonds,
For in my bosom I nurture hope, my heart surges with optimism.
Be it a torrid tempest or a day that has been deluged,
I still sail the rough seas, chart my own course to bridge any chasm.
Over the stony bridge I can spy the rainbow, guiding me to a haven that is safe;
I trust my instinct; follow through with my judgement in my wake.
Life keeps throwing me lemons and I keep making lemonade;
For I believe I am strong enough to overcome, I am tough.
Be it my bough all heavy and laden or my barren willow,
I trust myself; have faith in me to prevail and crest any trough.
I add the bold honey of conviction to the sourness of my efforts,
I cede to my natural inclination to plough on, trot on, and carry on.
Life keeps throwing me curveballs and I don’t even own a bat;
But what I lack for in implements, I make up for in fortitude.
Be it my life swathed in reams of depression or in stagnant frustration,
I credit my intellect and I collect my wits; I ideate, I innovate.
I match my speed to the momentum of the ball; I reach out for it with bare hands,
Even if it’s a miss, not a hit; my solace is that I tried. My attempt matters.
Life keeps erecting barricades and I have only just learnt to crawl;
But I try to see beyond that and to find footholds in the wall,
Be it a path strewn with pebbles or a smoother through fare,
I abolish idleness and continue to ascend, to scale with care.
I behold the barrier not as an obstacle but as a test of ability
And up I go, one baby step at a time, I simply continue to climb.
Image Source: Pexels
Sonal is a multiple award winning blogger and writer and the founder of a women-centric manpower search firm - www.rianplacements.com. Her first book, a volume of poetry - Islands in the stream - is slated read more...
This post has published with none or minimal editorial intervention. Women's Web is an open platform that publishes a diversity of views, individual posts do not necessarily represent the platform's views and opinions at all times.
Stay updated with our Weekly Newsletter or Daily Summary - or both!
UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
Please enter your email address