Brushstrokes

Brushstrokes on the canvas of my life…

The hues and shades of joys and sorrows, of pain and passion, of tears and desperation, all have lent fire to my quill and these brushstrokes paint the portrait of my soul…

The benevolent and omniscient has given me perspective and the inimitable joy of a spectator at all times…

The heartthrobs and heartbreaks, the hits and the misses, the mirth and the melancholy all paint these brushstrokes…

Life is a journey of the soul, refining it in each encounter with the self. Yes, each experience is, I believe, an experience of our own self and refinement of the soul.

We can either be bitter or be better when we experience life.

Whatever happens happens, because it has to happen, and it has to happen in that particular way…

Let life flow on like a stream and let me be a leaf floating on it.

Prostrate at thy feet, Lord Guruvayoorappa, I surrender…

Dr Radhika Lekshmi R Nair is a medical doctor practicing medicine currently in Bahrain. Hailing from Kerala, in India, she has been writing poetry since 2012, initially in Malayalam, her mother tongue, but also in English, Hindi and Tamil. She loves music, reading, traveling, and observing the myriad life scenes happening around her which in turn provide food for thought and find their way to paper via her quill. She loves to observe nature and loves photography too which is another passion of hers besides writing. Interacting with people and knowing their lives and culture has always been her curiosity and has largely helped her develop empathy and also in her writing.