Still smiling
She is not extraordinary.
She is not the kind of woman the world stops for.
She is simple, quiet… and strong in ways no one really sees.
She laughs easily,
speaks gently,
and carries herself like everything in her life is exactly where it should be.
But strength does not always look loud.
Sometimes, it looks like patience.
Like staying calm when everything feels uncertain.
Like choosing to move forward, even when the heart feels heavy.
She believes in small things—
in effort, in hope, in holding on.
And then there are the dreams.
Soft, unfamiliar, yet strangely close.
Moments that don’t belong to her present,
feelings that seem older than her own life,
and a quiet pull she cannot explain.
They come and go,
leaving behind questions she never asked for.
Still, she continues.
Still, she smiles.
Still, she chooses to live, one day at a time.
Because sometimes,
the strongest people are not the ones who never break—
but the ones who carry everything within them…
and are still smiling.