They Say It's 'International Women's Day'

The most common message of this day:

"You can do almost anything your mind says… You can swim the deepest ocean and climb the highest peak… Be a doctor or fly a plane… You can face adversity and still walk tall. You are strong, beautiful, compassionate and much more than words could ever say! Today is our day and so is every other day! Wishing you a day that’s just like you… really special! Wishing you a very Happy Women’s Day!"

Am I this person who's being referred as Women here????

When I was born into this world, I thought we were all human beings. When I began to enjoy my childhood, I realized I was being controlled and restricted. That's when I was given a new identity of a Girl. I was no longer a Human being (similar to all the others). Hence, instead of discovering the human being within me, I began a journey of discovering a girl within me. I was instantly liked by others who they referred as boys and men. I was given a title of 'beautiful'. I became happy and began to enjoy this new-found beauty within me. 

As I grew up so be more beautiful in my youth, the same beauty began to eat me up from within when I felt that the whole world was feeling my beauty in a way that made me sick to my stomach. I no longer desired to be beautiful, delicate and naive. In the same years, I was introduced to my so called responsibilities of taking care of home, ensuring everyone's happiness, studying, not going alone at night, cooking, helping my family members, being emotional as well as being emotionally available - the responsibilities that I was introduced to but whose importance I never realized then as I was busy exploring the teenage years of what everyone called LIFE. 

These responsibilities gradually became a part and parcel of my life as I became an adult. That's when they said I have become a Woman. I also realized that from now on, my years are already planned by the people around me. They said its my age to get married and that's when I would be called a Wife. When I asked them 'WHY?', they said every women has to and so it will soon be my turn. I was then introduced to my newer responsibilities of supporting a man and his family. It was during this phase that I heard ubiquitously about Women power, women being strong, women being bold, women being excellent at multi-tasking and women being THE BEST CREATION ON THIS EARTH. I wondered who is this 'WOMAN'? And where will I find her?? They said that she is ME. I answered "ME?? But I was never told till now that I am bold, powerful, strong and that nothing is impossible for me?? This cant be ME coz if this was ME, I would have known this person in me right from my birth." And I questioned them "And why this Women has to be different from everyone else? Aren't we all the same creation of God? Aren't we all, as Humans, beautiful, strong, powerful, bold and capable of achieving everything? Don't we and aren't we suppose to get this strength from each other at every walk of life? Then why am I treated differently? And why am I not introduced to this inner power of being capable of doing everything right from my birth?? All these years I was taught that my capabilities had limitations and now suddenly I become the most powerful, limitless and most Competent?? And most importantly, will I be let (by you all) to remain powerful and competent from here on every single day???" They said that TODAY was my day and made me believe that I am all of what I just questioned them. I was stunned and happy.. I received messages and there were statuses put up for me. I felt special. I discovered a whole new meaning to being a WOMEN this day and it continued till mid-night.

The next day they returned to answer my questions and said "It isn't the time and its not important right now to discuss about your power, strength and all the other adjectives that were used yesterday. Now is the time that you focus on moving on in life and i.e. getting married, have children, take family responsibilities, become a grandparent and die old."

And I was satisfactorily brought back to my reality - the reality I lived each day for more than two decades.

Before being a Woman, I am God's magnificent creation. And if you think I do not know that, you are mistaken. My God taught me that I am the most powerful, most beautiful, most capable and most worthwhile  creation on this planet. And I BELIEVE HIM. HE also said that this strength, love, power which each Human Being has will multiply if shared and valued day after day. TODAY, the same Humans who this GOD created has proved HIM wrong. The place where there had to be God's rules, its governed by Man's rules. That's why perhaps, there are days designated to celebrate womanhood, childhood, love, fatherhood, motherhood and the list keeps increasing each year. 

It's OUR day EVERYDAY. If we began to celebrate and value, not only women power, but the power and splendor in each one of us, every single day, there will not be a need for you to celebrate my worth on just one day. I will feel and stay beautiful and feel worthwhile  24hours a day for the rest of my life.. And as a WOMAN, THIS is what I desire from my fellow Human Beings:-):-)