The Dragon Fly

The Dragonfly

I’ve always been fascinated by these little creatures and fler they were mystical. 
There’s something about them—mysterious, delicate, yet powerful.
The day I drew this dragonfly, something within me shifted.
It came a day after a close friend lost his father, suddenly and without warning to a Cardiac arrest. One minute he was playing with his grandchildren the next he fell dead on the sofe. 

No good bye

No time to react

No time to process

Just gone

That moment made me pause.

The dragonfly, in cultures around the world, is a symbol of transformation—
Not just surface change,
But deep, internal change that stems from emotional growth,
Mental maturity,
And a new understanding of life itself.

Reflections

Life is fragile.
Life is unpredictable.
It takes just one event—
One breath, one heartbeat, one goodbye—
To change everything we know.

But in the face of this uncertainty,
We must continue.
We must rise,
And live.

Not in yesterday,
Not in the fear of tomorrow,
But in this very moment.

Smile now—it may be the light someone needs today.
Love now—because tomorrow isn’t promised.
Speak now, share now, give now.

Because sometimes,
One moment is all it takes
To shift your entire perspective on life.

– Sandhya Lal

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