Perhaps it's a fitting grand cosmic design to celebrate yet another new year (lunar) just a few weeks after the new year (solar). This would allow us to check if we're still on the right track in keeping our new year resolutions, and the short time span for review will give many of us who don't have the discipline, memory nor the proper mindset to keep track of how we have fared so far if the period for review would be moved much later, to conveniently look back on how we've been living year 2012 so far.
Now that I've let my logic for writing this piece out, how am I faring as regards to my "published" goals so far?
First, the realizations:
I realized how *really* powerful the written word is. Not that I didn't know this concept before, having many times over endorsed the idea when advising people how to plan. But knowing is different from understanding. Looking back, I can say that I've made recent decisions that, consciously, or subconsciously adhere to what I've written in my year-goals. For example, I've been dwelling (or maybe daydreaming) with more frequency and intensity about possible potential business ideas, and have been sharing them with potential business partners whenever I get the chance. Although my target to proceed at the latter half of the year, I've entertained the idea of starting them as early as February many a time. Having blogged that this year I'd be open to having a real relationship, I've noticed myself being more and more sociable, sometimes excitedly wondering about romantic possibilities that are in store for me this year. I've said that I'll get in shape and stay in shape this year, so I signed up at a nutrition club, and plan to enroll in a fitness gym (again earlier than I originally planned). I was able to stay away from alcohol despite me and some of my friends' continued patronage of bars to wind down after a week's hard work, and the main reason I think is because I've written it down in my new year's resolution list.
This year, I've had quite a few rounds of jogs in our subdivision, and last night I returned to jogging at the UP campus academic oval in my resolve to keep fit. I've noticed that the volume of joggers compared to late last year is higher, and I reckon all these added people's just like me, trying to shed off the extra bulge acquired because of the holidays. I guess, many people this early in the year still cling on to the hope that they would end the year proud that they fulfilled the goals they've set at the year start, and I'm hoping that they be successful in that endeavor (so I can vicariously ride on their success if I wasn't, hehehe). Seriously, surely I was in a proper state of mind and felt all those things were indeed plausible given my personality and abilities. And I'm serious when I jotted all those things (or else, why would I have written those things here?). At my age, I know it's harder, but I'm wiser. I'm really excited to turn turn over a new leaf in my life, and embark on a grand(er) challenge. And I firmly believe that if God wills, He will provide, and if He doesn't give me what I want, it's because He knows it's not the best for me.
There's a quote I heard from the AM radio as I was preparing to go to school which struck me: "Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you." I think this will be my theme for the year. Here goes...
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