Letters To My Daughter

I hope you know how powerful you are. As you curiously make sense of the unknown, absorbing, noticing, questioning. I hope you know how powerful you are, as your innocence makes the world seem magical. The way you accept us, never trying to change who we are, but instead seeing how you can fit into our world. I hope you know how powerful you are with your limitless imagination and creativity that transcends logic and reality.

I hope you know how powerful you are with your ability to be present, completely in the moment and so at peace with yourself. How your gratitude can make us feel seen, your love and kindness have the purity to heal and your forgiveness, the power to teach. I hope you know how powerful you are when you keep persisting even though I can see frustration slowly taking over.

I hope you know that there is power even when anger and sadness surface, as it is a reminder that you are alive, that you want more, that something is not right or you are still learning. I hope you know how powerful you are when you make connections with the world and you cleverly add another skill, another word, another piece of knowledge into your always eager mind. 

And even though at times it may seem as though your power has gone, the light has diminished and you feel scared, lost or confused I hope you know that your secret power can never leave you. Search deep into your soul for it is there that the light never vanishes, your true purpose, the reason you are here, your secret power is there waiting for you to be ready again. It is your shining glory, your true love, your peace.

Find it again and again until your soul is so embedded into everything you do. Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable, embrace it and when you rise you will be braver than you have ever been. And then when you are ready, show us, let us share the honour of seeing you because I have no doubt that you will fly and in doing so you will make the world smile.