Tag: #faith

• Eyes wide, she asked, “Is there a God?”

  

  Last night as I sat on my bed, reading a book, my 15 year old came to kiss me goodnight and said ” I like God and stuff but does He really exist? I find it hard to believe that there is somebody called God”. She was looking at me straight in the face. I […]

  Smitha V

  November 18, 2017

  Mum’s World

  #belief, #einstein, #faith, #isthereaGod, #life, #parenting, #pascal, #questionschildrenask, #voltaire, Mum’s World

• I Shall Not Succumb. A Promise to Myself

  

  via Daily Prompt: Succumb When the going gets tough, And the journey is rough, I Shall not succumb.   When all people desert me, And poke fun and question my integrity, I Shall not succumb.   When every road I take, ends in failure, And time and again, they doubt my behavior, I Shall not […]

  Smitha V

  October 15, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #bestrong, #daily prompt, #dailypost, #dontbreakdown, #Dontgiveup, #faith, #fightback, #poem, #promisetomyself, #takecontrol, #wellbeing, Experiences, Poetry

• I Salute The Indomitable Human Spirit

  

  When my mom died of cancer, I thought I had seen it all. Years later, as I managed my family, I thought I had evolved as a person. I was someone who understood the pain of loosing someone you love, someone who had managed in-spite of the loss and someone who had grown as a result of […]

  Smitha V

  May 27, 2017

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #beinghuman, #believe, #cancer, #cancersurvivors, #compassion, #experience, #faith, #gratitude, #humane, #humanspirit, #inspiration, #learn, #life, #lifeateacher, #miraclescanhappen, #nothingisimpossible, #postaweek, #salutetobravehearts, #support, #truth, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary

• Spirituality Versus Religion

  

    Recently, when a friend of mine told me that she had raised it as a topic of discussion at a ladies’ get-together,  I felt the topic was worth pondering upon, especially in the current times- “Are you religious or spiritual?”. Then a few days ago, when my daughter asked me if praying to God would make […]

  Smitha V

  March 11, 2017

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #faith, #India, #life, #mydubai, #parenting, #religion, #spirituality, #tolerance, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary

• The ‘Doubt’ Termite

  

    via Daily Prompt: Doubt See it approaching, Go, Go, Keep going, Eerily watching, Silently preying,   Come to stay, Turn, Turn, Turn away, Keep it at bay, Or risk decay…   Slowly conspiring, Not leaving, Steadily gnawing, Attention craving…   Pain, hurt, dismay, A torturous array, Void, empty and gray, Defenses gone astray;   Shadows lurking, A crevice deepening , Victorious, it’s snickering, At […]

  Smitha V

  March 3, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #believeinyourself, #daily prompt, #doubt, #everyday inspiration, #faith, #love, #relationship, #TRUST, Experiences, Poetry