#formation beyonce

It's so easy to get lost, to feel disillusioned. There's so much around us, both good and bad. So much suffering and chaos but so much good and kindness almost in the same measure, if not equally.

It's easy to feel hopeless and lost when you see other people living their best lives, flourishing, while you feel lost at sea, with no anchor—busy floating around in space.

Waiting for when it finally happens to you. But that's the thing, waiting is only half the work; you have to create your own reality. Sure, life will throw curveball after curveball your way, but you have to remain committed, determined to make the best experience, make your existence here meaningful.

Sadly, you can't be Beyoncé or Rihanna; there can only be one of either of them and only one of you. So stop comparing yourself against people who have very different journeys from yours.

Take hope that there is only of you, and even if your impact may not reach the whole world, you will touch the lives of the people you meet in this journey of life. Because that's what life is, a journey.

You're passing through so many pit stops along the way, and it's up to you to make them mean something. Make them meaningful to you and for you.

Make the best out of it; as Beyoncé's grandmother said, life handed her lemons, so she made lemonade.

So go ahead and make your lemonade, and serve it hunnay!

Bella Hadid walked for Mischa; her first walk on the runway for Australian fashion week.

Mischa aimed to make a feminist #GirlSquad statement by playing Beyoncé’s Formation; but failed to understand the songs cultural relevance and importance specifically to black women.

Formation is an anthem of black female empowerment that celebrates #BlackGirlMagic. For a song that celebrates Black women to be played at a show that excluded Black models is culturally insensitive. In its original context, the song is addressed to black women but in this instance, it removes black woman from the conversation entirely.

In the song, Beyoncé sings about her black heritage, Hurricane Katrina – which predominantly affected Black Americans and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. And although many view Formation as just a song, it is a song with cultural significance.

Australian model Ajak Deng quit modelling this year due to the ‘undertones of racism’ in the fashion industry which favours Caucasian over ‘dark skinned’ models.