One can never really tell what the future holds. All we can do is hope it is better, or continues to be good – depending on your experiences in 2017.
It’s been a challenge, 2017 was not easy for many of us. We are hopeful that the new year will be the year we reap all the fruits of our hard work, and experience excitement, joy and blessings in abundance.
A lot was learnt last year – at least on my side, and the best thing we can do for ourselves is to embrace those lessons and use them as tools going forward to make better decisions. Eventually our choices determine our destination.
Happy New Year, gents! Welcome to my world full of hope; empowered with optimism, and ready to catch all the blessings in store for 2018.
A world where negativity has no place and where motivation, encouragement and inspiration is taking over. My world believes that what you sow ultimately determines what you reap. The more you worry, doubt, lack confidence and practice depression, the more you will become anxious, stressed and constantly worried.
How about investing your energy into feeling more confidence, hope, faith and self-belief? Why not take it a step further and invest more time in cultivating a relationship with your creator?
My hope and desire is that this year we pay attention to the way we think, speak and act – these three tools make such a big difference on our journey in life, and ultimately determines our way forward.
And while I’m filled with positivity for 2018, none of these blessings will come to pass if I don’t change the way I do these things. If my mindset continues to be negative and hopeless, I will not experience those fruits. I have to change my attitude, not only towards the way I think, speak and act, but also towards people.
After all, we reap what we sow.
I am not one for New Year’s resolutions as I never really make any of them come true in the daily swamp of life but one thing I am determined to pay very close attention to this year… is me.
I think we often neglect ourselves as we move through this journey of life. We forget that we need to build and grow ourselves to become the giants we were born to be. We pay too much attention to what happens on the sideline and forget that our first priority – apart from God – should be ourselves.
I want to be a better person in mindset, because I want to make better decisions. I want to refocus my mind on who I am, what my talents and gifts are and what it is I believe I am born to do.
Am I happy right now? Am I doing what I am passionate about? Am I the best me I can be?
I think finding the answers to these questions will lead us towards the future we were destined for.
Only when you have found your way to what makes you happy will you be inspired and equipped to continue to grow to become a better you. Then you can be a blessing to yourself, those around you and the rest of the world.
Gents, life isn’t easy – it is a day-to-day challenge that sometimes drains us to the point of hopelessness. But the failure is not the one who falls from time to time, but rather the one who falls and never gets back up to try again.
May this year be the year that we make friends with our true selves. Give yourself that precious gift this year of investing time and effort in discovering yourself and realising your potential. I believe it will be the most rewarding decision we can make in our lives. Happy 2018!
Till next time, cheers!
