by Malika Haidari
This is a guest post from Inanna’s partner, the EmpowerHer Initiative. Through EmpowerHer, Inanna is platforming the voices of women and girls in Afghanistan. Learn more about EmpowerHer here.
What are you searching for?
Which home?
Which nest?
Which dream?
Which peace?
Which life?
Which tomorrow?
Searching for a tomorrow that has not yet come,
Yet has taken your today away from you.
By thinking about tomorrow,
Aren’t you wasting your today?
Isn’t today the very tomorrow of yesterday?
Don’t you have this very day?
This very day that can be your ideal day.
You have this very day,
So go and live it.
Embrace everything with open arms,
With a smile;
Your beautiful smile,
A smile that brightens the world around you.
Go and live,
With a smile that may bring a smile to someone else’s face,
A smile that brightens someone’s heart
And spreads kindness.
Isn’t life made of these small moments of today?
This very sunrise,
Through the tall, green trees,
That in the blink of an eye
Turns darkness into light.
A sunrise this beautiful,
That tells you;
Go and live your today.
Speak, laugh, sing, wander.
It says;
Be happy and live
Life is these very moments.
And then you reach the end of the day;
A pleasant sunset,
Or a moment with friends,
A moment with a book in your hands,
And solitude with yourself, with the moon, and the stars
These are the moments that should be lived.
Author’s Bio: Malika Haidari is a student at Asian University for Women with a passion for writing, leadership, and lifelong learning. As she continues to grow as a writer and leader, she hopes to contribute to a world where every girl has the opportunity to learn, lead, and dream without limits.