I know I have been a bit on the lazy side these past weeks, but hey, I have recovered. It's January 1, 2008 and from the first few hours, things are looking good.
I wish to to be sanguine about the whole thing. Why kick off the new year with dark clouds hovering over one's head. That's not very mature, as they say.
Last night, I was among tens of thousands watching double fireworks displays in my neighbourhood. Where did those organisers find the cash to bankroll these pyrotechnics, I asked myself.
Before I could answer myself, I was caught up in the maelstrom of exploding technicolour lights in the dark sky.
People were milling about in their pajamas. Yes, nobody wanted to miss anything. Afterall, such entertainment that comes once a year is free!
If you wish to make any new year resolution like all of us normal full-of-flaws earthlings do, make one that you think you got a chance to succeed. No point telling yourself rather foolishly that you want to have a million bucks in your bank account by July.
Your girlfriend may want to believe you but members of your family will certainly laugh you out of the house. This year, 2008, will be a great year for you if you want it to be so.
Don't think nothing is unachievable. Everything, short of the ridiculous, incredible and downright nonsensical, can be attained if you put your heart, mind and soul into it.
About six months ago, I told myself that I wanted a digital DSLR and a high-end compact camera. By last month (December 2007), I had both. I am not boasting but merely telling you that somethings can be obtained, bought and possessed if the spirit is in full gear.
Now, what do you want? Seriously, what do you really want? Don't be wishy-washy about the whole thing. Nobody, particularly yourself, is going to believe you if the core of your own being rebel against such a thought.
Set your standards high, and your dreams higher and watch yourself soar. If this sounds like another one of those high-priced management seminar talk, it isn't. I am merely stating an age-long secret.
Those who know what they want, just go ahead and get them. Put no time frame to your targets. Just focus on them and plunge ahead.
Dream beautiful dreams. Think great and positive thoughts. Believe it or not, you deserve them. Don't think of trampling on your nasty neighbourhoods flower garden. Those kind of thoughts produce a bad karma.
Positive thinking is multi-fold. It generates wonderful consequences for yourself and for others. Why bother to plan another person's downfall when you could use the same energy to get great gifts for yourself.
The world does not need another tyrant or dictator. We are drastically short of Mother Teresas, Pope John Paul II and a few more selfless people working perpectually for the good of others.
The pain you feel throughout last year was probably a result of your own actions. Not a very nice thought but nevertheless true. So before you repeat the unpleasant consequents of 2007, change direction and be kind in thought, word and deed.
In the aftermath of such a decision, watch the flowers bloom in the garden of humanity. And be astounded by the effects of your own selfless actions and kind thoughts.
Nobody is asking you to be a saint but do the right thing and the rest will follow.
