We have come again to
that time of the year when we make worldly ritual(s), a time when we make
promises to ourselves to improve our ways of life to become better persons. As vanity as it (making New
Year resolution) may sound, there is no doubt that it comes with some sort of
persuasion, at least we feel better afterwards. The funny thing about this
worldly ritual is that, initially, the desire burns into our minds, but the
buy-in to execute often evanesce, hence making all the shining resolutions mere
mirage.
Last year, I resolved, and
persuaded readers to make mistakes. I made a lot of mistakes in 2014, but most
importantly, I learnt from them. I hope you learnt from your mistakes? This
year, I choose to obey Matt Cameron; to live
life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
As I lounged at the
Jumeirah Beach, in Dubai, praising the sun to the skies for being munificent
with its rays, in reminiscent of how the year 2014 has been for me. In high
spirits of anonymous privacy my mind sailed through the pages of my
hippocampus. No doubts, as Jeanne C. Stein said in her book: Blood Drive, life
in 2014 did not seem like the party I had hoped for, but I did not just dance;
I danced like it was my last party. Like I have noted previously, life is all about
choices;
the choices we make in life determine our experiences and in turn our
experiences shape our choices in life.
You may have been
through hell in 2014. The year 2014 may have shown you the ugliest side of
life. The ups and downs brought by the year 2014 may have borne down too much
on you. Life may have knocked you down numerous times within the year that it
seemed hard to get up. The year 2014 may have shown you much pains that you now
know what pains taste like.
Despite all the
setbacks you may have experienced in 2014, do not give in to pity party. You
are still standing. You are still growing. You are still learning. You are
still wearing your smiling face. You have come a long way to give up, remember
that!
No doubts, life is
not devoid of regrets. With all your regrets you must keep smiling. With all
your mistakes in 2014 you must keep learning. With all your numerous falls you
must keep standing. With all your losses you must keep counting blessings.
In times of adversity
avail yourself the opportunity to gain more knowledge from your circumstances.
Adversities in life come with bunch of lessons. Open your mind to new lessons, close
your eyes to pity parties, and shut your mouth to excuses.
Confront your demons.
Defeat your fears. Create your bottom line. Bring down the walls of despondency
obstructing your viewpoints. Look beyond the mirror of your challenges. See the
possibilities in all your adversities. Do not be scared of trying. Make mistakes.
Learn your lessons.
Uncertainty is man’s
greatest torture, as fear of the unknown is man’s worst enemy. As we wrap up
the year 2014 and usher in the year 2015, we do not know what is coming to us. But
as Barbara Jordan rightly said, for all
its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future. I know something is coming. I
am not scared of trying. I will never be scared.
As you look for a change
in 2015, remember you are your own change. You change your games, you change your
world. It does not matter how little a change you can make. Every effort you
make adds greater value to the common pool. The steps you take may seem like a smidgen
of a jam for a toast, but every inch of that step can foster change and make a
big difference. You may not realize you are making moves. But surely you will
turn into something big. I do not know what it is. We are metamorphosing!
Happy New Year. Thank you for (always) stopping in!
