#BlogchatterA2Z F for Fearless, Forgiving, Feminism and more

From birth till her old age she plays various roles and every role demands her to behave in a certain manner, a certain shade that she needs to develop if not inbuilt. They aren’t born with an innate sense of self-esteem, strength and confidence. With time and situation, they add these traits to their personality.
One of the traits that I always wanted to believe that I possess but at times I feel I don’t have it in me. And that is being fearless. I don’t feel I am fearless as there are so many insecurities and things that pull me back from being fearless and taking the life head-on. That being said I will have to admit I have seen women who are fearless and will fight with the world for the ones she loves and care for. But I am sure of the fact that being a strong woman that I am within I can develop on possessing this important trait as well.

I was recently having a conversation with one such strong and fearless women who have developed over some time. Thus, I strongly feel that women are ever-evolving, always striving to be the best version of themselves. Like diamonds, the best women are forged under pressure. They are tough on the outside but radiate from the inside.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
Aristotle

Rani Laxmibai, Mother Teressa, Indira Gandhi, Kalpana Chawla, Kiran Bedi, are some of the names of strong women who achieved so much in life just by their strong character and willingness to do something great in life. These names proudly blazed the way for us. Heroes of the past imprinted into our Indian map for the future. Constantly guiding us, motivating us and Inspiring us. Who knew that we, as women, would become the source of strength that strengthens our world?

One of the essential qualities that we women also possess is that of FORGIVENESS. Despite what life throws at us, what people tell us, how people treat us, how our kids behave with us, how we are beaten by the partners in our community, how we are tortured for dowry, how we are forced to deliver several babies to get one boy in the family and how we are forced to sit at home despite best of educational degrees we hold in our hands. Despite all this and much more, we forgive people and willingly submit ourselves to keep the family together, values together, bonds together. Whenever I hear such stories from women known to me that is when I feel we do not need any special qualifications to become fearless we already are fearless as we forgive the worst of mistakes done by others to keep life sane and calm on the surface. We are fearless as we are not scared of the circumstances that follow after our forgiveness too.

We have moulded ourselves into women we never knew that we could be. We’ve done things we never knew we could. We are more fearless, complicated, interesting. We are more determined to age gracefully in life and still be able to love our families unconditionally. We can proudly and loudly say we love sex; we love being romanced and we love shopping for ourselves without any reason. We have started to love the power and freedom we have got with a strong sense of responsibility too. We love to nurture and we love to dance. We are fearless of the fact that we can loose our lives while birthing a baby but we still go ahead to see the joy of one that is born. We are fearless and so much more.

We love just about everything that touches our lives or is put in our care. We are fearless in our endeavour to protect our lives and everyone in it. And when faced with challenges, we draw from our endless pool of strength to get us through.