A New Year, A New You!

"You can't change your genetics, but you can change your attitude, your persistence, your environment, the people you listen to and hang around with, and the things you do. You  can change. So if you want to, just get started"- Craig Ballantyne. 

It is the constant phenomenon in the life of every living thing. In fact, it is a characteristic of its existence. Let it be absent, and eye brows will be raised. Or what would you say about a three-year old child that is yet to walk? Or about grains of corn that will not sprout after one year of being sown? It confirms the fact that change is not only constant, but is also expected!

Only ten days ago, we were in 2012. And ten days after, it is a NEW year-in only a matter of days. I ask you, in the last ten days, what has changed in you? For anything to be called new, it has to change. For the year to be called new, it had to change its months and dates; for you to become new, you have to change some things about you. In reality, the newness of the year is relative to every individual, to the extent that such a person is open to positive, progressive change. Again, I ask you, what are you ready to change about you?

As from the quotation above, the process starts with you. Just do it. With  the following steps that I share below, just get started. Here they are:

1. Know what got you very unhappy in 2012. What made you feel so sorry for yourself? What made you say, "If only I had one chance..."? Write them down, examine them one by one, and decide to do away with them, no matter what!

2. Know what made you very happy and excited in 2012. What did you do that made you feel like a king? What did you not do, but thought of, that made you say, " If only I could have the time..."? Write them down, look at how near or far they are to you, and make up your mind to go after them, even if heaven falls!

3. Acknowledge your Creator. Decide in your heart to walk with the Divine as you journey through the year. He manufactured you, and He has your manual. Consult Him, always, in the place of prayer and meditation.

4. Hold yourself to a strong promise to do your best with steps 1 to 3. Remember, if you cannot keep a promise to yourself, do you really expect others to keep theirs to you?

TASK FOR THE DAY:  Take a picture of yourself today. Be very honest with yourself. Let the real feelings on your inside-whatever they are- show on your face when you take the shot. Then save it somewhere. You will be comparing this with another one you will take on 31/12/2013. What the comparison will reveal is entirely up to you. And the time starts now!

Once again, I welcome you to the New Year, the time for the New You!

Your Partner in Ascent,
Isaiah Kumuyi, AOGE
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