On her own ground...

Hello everyone, I hope you all are safe in quarantine during this hard time. First of all I wish you all good health, both mental and physical. To talk a bit of myself, I finally completed my degree in this February and I would like to thank everyone who helped me through out past few years. I was so busy finishing my undergraduate research which was nerve wrecking and hence could not write any new posts. So after a long break today I'm going to tell you about some wisdom I accidentally found while in quarantine. There is an island-wide curfew and I came to know that quarantine has no effect on my introvert life as I was always inside my room anyway.

When I was netflixing last night I came across this new mini series, Self Made which is inspired by Madam C.J. Walker. She is an African American entrepreneur, a philanthropist and a social activist. She is also the first female self made millionaire in America. She was born in Louisiana in 1867 and orphaned at age 7 and got married at age 14. The life she had was not easy. In her own words,

"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. I have built my own factory on my own ground"  - Madam C.J. Walker

She worked her life very hard to survive as a "coloured woman" in America where the skintone decided where you belong and not for a once she stopped following her dreams. Especially at a time where women belonged to kitchen she stood up as a black woman to empower the female workforce and their confidence. Lighter skin tones were preferred over darker ones and she was constantly told about how bad she looks. Yet she managed to build her empire successfully and lead a good life helping others. I think you all should watch Self Made therefore I will not give any spoiler alerts here.

It reminded me of one of my experiences. I was told how disgusting I look and was compared all the time. I used to hate myself. I used to hate myself upto a point where I thought there is no point of being stuck in this worthless body anymore. And then one person had my back. They said " You are not ugly. Who say so? You just need some touch ups, and you will be fine." I worked hard for myself from that point onwards and I started feeling good about myself. Right now at this moment I'm a self confident happy person thanks to that one piece of advice a friend gave me and I am blessed to have good people in my life who always have my back. I think after all it is what our existence is about. To do good to people for no reason. You only get what you do to others. From the lessons I learned in my life the most important one is that skin colour, race, religion, financial status and education does not matter. What makes you happy is what you make others feel about you. Be kind. Compassionate and most importantly empathize. Have a nice Day!! Stay safe guys!!