Vishi's Views

  We all carry a little darkness. Moments we don’t speak of. Storms We face. Shadows we walk through quietly.   But that doesn’t mean our light is gone.   Even on heavy days, when it feels like someone has punched us in the chest, or everything feels hopeless. We work. We care. We laugh. We create. We shine, like the brightest star in the sky.   No matter what happens today – even if it’s messy, or lonely, or full of tears - The sun will rise in the morning. Like it always does. Like we always do.   Because light doesn’t have to shout. Sometimes it just keeps showing up, quietly. One bright beam at a time.

The public opinions on Meghan Markle, or Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are divided. Some love her and most seem to hate her. I admire her in some ways. I just watched an interview she did with podcast host Jamie Kern Lima and something she said resonated with me.  Image from Jamie Kern Lima YouTube.  Here it is: "We spend so much of our lives trying to prove something. You have to prove that you're enough, you have to prove that you're pretty enough, you have to prove that you're smart enough, you have to prove that you're a good wife or a good friend, and I am just so done with the prove it game. When you get to the place where you feel like I don't have to prove anything to you anymore. I don't have to prove that I'm a good person, I don't have to prove that I'm a good wife or mum or friend, I don't have to prove that I work hard. It can be really freeing when you stop playing the prove it game." - Meghan Markle. I completely agree with...

Photo from Fox News Last week, Prince Harry lost his appeal to restore his UK government-funded security detail and I have a lot of thoughts on him, Meghan and everything that has happened since they stepped away from royal life in 2020.  Since Meghan came onto the scene and married Harry, she has received a significant amount of criticism from the media and people all over the world. The scrutiny is often attributed to her identity as biracial, a media personality, and feminist stance with some saying she is unsuitable for the monarchy. I actually feel sorry for her. Every royal, celebrity and person in the public eye is constantly scrutinized, but it seems to go too far with Meghan. With an American father and an African-American mother, she is biracial. How can anyone hate on her for that? The people who hate her for that are racist! Meghan Markle was an actress, best known for her role as Rachel Zane in the legal drama, suits. Every Royal who married into a royal family had a r...