Proudest moment of my life

A moment is a short amount of time that occurs occasionally in each one of our lives. It is something that each one of us cherish. It is a brief period that passes by too quickly for anyone's like. However, no matter how short it is fortunately it engraves itself in the memory of people.

The proudest moments of my life began when I started writing as a teenager! It's not one moment I cherish, I have a list of them. A few of them include my poem getting shortlisted ny ESuper7 in their poetry contest, everyone gets an exposure to my talent through their Instagram platform. The second one is when one of my poems got published in the anthology, Intoxication, among 486 poems in the book. Indeed the best and proudest moments as a writer for me, this moment made me cry out of happiness( happy tears, haha!) . These are just a few of them, many more to come in the years ahead hopefully wherein i will be able to show my talent and speak up when the society can't. Anothr feather in my hat is Frientimacy, an anthology again based on the theme of friendship. The most shocking and best one is one of my army poems getting published in our governement's newsletter(MyGov Newsletter).

I was super excited when I first got to know about Intoxication by Wrietr's Pocket. Firstly, I don't even remember when I sent my poem to writer's pocket but suddenly one fine day, they mail me saying that my poem is one among 400+ poems in their anthology, intoxication, there was a special kind of glow in my eyes when I first read the message. I rubbed my eyes hard to make sure that I wasn't dreaming and it was happening, it was real, the wait had begun! Later, I got many follow up emails but finally in the month of July 2021 the day of deliver had arrived. The wait was finally done. It did take a lot of time but turned out to be one of the best books I have ever read. Many people, my family, friends, teachers were proud of me for all of my anthologies. The best highlight was the happiness overflow through my mom's eyes while we read the poem in the book together. Making my parents proud was the best of all, seeing them happy and with their heads high was my only dream and it happened on the 20th of Juky 2021- the day when the book arrived.

I am proud of myself because I never gave up,

Because I stared fear in the face, for releasing, crying and feeling the emotions within my body.

I am proud of myself doing the best I can and utting in extra efforts to make this happen.

I am proud of me; I am content that I am a creative person.

I am proud of what I am doing, I love that I can be me in anything I choose to write and I love my way of exressing.

I am proud to be a born, passionate writer and a singer- still learning.

In conclusion, I am proud to be me, I have achieved so much unexpectedly.

In the end just being me is more than enough. Myself to me is my first priority before anyone else points out to me, my self- love, passion for writing and motivation are what kept me going in life. I am coming out of my shadows to work harder, to make myself seen by becoming the best writing, the best version of myself and to achieve my goals.

Remember the fact that no-one else can see the world like you as a writer do, so no-one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

You don't have to be a great writer to get started but you must get started to get recognized and be great.

Excercise the writing muscle everyday be it a letter, a journal, a title, a small poem, a short story, etc. We as writers are like dancers and athletes. Without the excercise of writing, the muscles seize up which we definitely don't want.

Write with every bit of emotion, write on the most hot and running topics, let people hear your voice on things and issues that everyone is scared to talk about.

Write with confidence, write with dignity, use every idea appropriately and choose the form of writing it actually fits in.

As I mentioned earlier, beautiful writing is not about the words we use, it's about the emotions we evoke.