counting down

It only a matter of hours now, the three months I had once talked about have come to pass. I will soon be celebrating my birthday, marking the beginning of another new year. It been quite a great year, a year of plenty of developments, a year of making mistakes but all in all one with plenty blessings.

I cannot count them all but some of the lessons that I pray (so help me God) to be carrying forth with me to new year include;

#1 – Never be too quick to judge. Sometimes the people you least expect are the ones who pull through for you.

#2 – If you don’t carry the experiences that you have learnt and put in them into practice then there isn’t any growth.

#3 – Life throws both sweet moment and thorny moments – I choose to embrace them all in a smile and a smile behind the tears.

#4 – I cannot make it on my own, as the famous saying goes ‘If you want to go fast go alone but if you want to go far go with others’

#5 – God’s timing is perfect. He is present in ALL situations.

#6 – In life you cannot afford to give up, and your situation is not unique. Everyone passes through trials and tribulations.

#7 – This is who I am. Either you like me as I am or you don’t I simply cannot change me for u.

#8 – Family comes first. I don’t tell them enough that I love them, but they were the first to wish me a happy one and send me presents.

#9 – There has to be a limit to everything. Never let people push you around, if you can’t do it a simple I would have love to but at the moment I am not in a place to do it will suffice.

#10 – Define the goals, let the expectations be well know in advance and leave nothing to chance else the non-beneficial blame game will use up a lot of your valuable energy and an inevitable failure stares at the face.

#11 – Life is about embracing changes.

#12 - To all my dear friends, i love and appreciate you all.

This simple note written in a 'hand' made card from my kid siz made me shed some tears

Dear Sister, We’ve been together for 17 years. You’ve nurtured me and taken care of me since I was small and you still keep a closer gaze on my teenage life. I love you and treasure you very much.

And i love you too!