The Angel Writes

I hope you woke up this morning and looked at your reflection in the mirror with that pretty little smile that God so loves. Because YOU are imperfectly perfect! You’ve been fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14)! Just take a look at yourself in the mirror – those battle scars on your body that you got from life experiences; those wrinkles, pimples and stubborn blemishes on your skin that you acquired from the stress or from hormones or from the years you’ve lived; those stretch marks on your tummy or waist or booty; that random number on your weighing scale telling you how much weight you must gain or lose; the little grey strands of hair that came out of nowhere with each passing year; the color of your skin…all of these, I hope you know, are your perfections. You might be tall or short, buff or skinny or curvy, adventurous or laid-back, extroverted or introverted or ambiverted, gay or straight, male or female or transgender, fashionable or have no sense of fashion whats...

The question has been etched in my mind for quite a while now. A simple yet challenging quote by Bob Marley has most of us examine our lives. With this ongoing pandemic, are we really able to love the life we're living? Are we really living the life we love? Did the people who lost their lives recently? My family and I have mourned the loss of quite a few relatives and friends in the past few years. I know that it wasn’t easy for them…it never is. But from all the stories told on their behalf by their loved ones I know that most of them, if not all, did live by this inspiring quote. Their deaths, though heart-rending, has motivated me to live the best life I possibly can. It has got me thinking about what legacy I want to leave behind. In all honesty, I haven’t truly loved the life I’ve been living recently. I’ve been stuck at home for more than a year now. As a college-going student, I miss my college life. I miss my friends and I miss my normal schedule of classes and practical l...