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RANDOM THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR

 


I want to congratulate you for making it this new year, God has been faithful. Last year was tough, but we survived it, God kept us and we are here. We now have a clean slate of sheets, what we write on it determines how our lives will pan out at the end of the day/year. I want to share some random thoughts with you that I sense will help on your journey through this year and life entirely. I pray they mean something to you.


Note: After today, the breakforth series will go on a break and will resume the first week of April. Thank you for following what we have done here hitherto. 


So here we go...


  1. Make each day count - Who and what you are today is a cumulation of the decisions you have made every day of the past. Every new day, do your best to make meaningful decisions and be disciplined enough to follow through with them and you would have made the day count.

  2. Be thankful - Gratitude has a rippling effect; instead of complaining, be thankful, count your blessings, relish in the ordinary things you have. If you have nothing to give at all, give gratitude. 

  3. Invest time - This is the hottest currency common to all men, invest it. Be wise, time is the unit of your destiny, when you utilize it, you add to your destiny and when you waste it, you take away from your destiny.

  4. Build relationships - Swallow your pride and ego if need be and build strategic and fruitful relationships, you will need it in life

  5. Grow and be valuable - Your value is what makes you relevant and useful in life and you only become valuable when you grow. Hone your skills, polish your gifts, refine your talents and they will bring you before kings. 

  6. Have the right attitude towards failure - In life, we will surely fall and fail, what we do afterward is all that matters. Know that there is a huge difference between failure as an event and failure as a person. Be triumphant in failure and be humble in making corrections. If you fall, never rise without studying every step that led you down, the knowledge and experience garnered will be your souvenir as you carry on with life.

  7. Leave the past in the past - The first step into making the best of your present is forgetting the past. Don't dwell on the mistakes, pain, failures, scars, and shame of the past. Find forgiveness from God, forgive yourself, and forgive those who wrong you as well. 

  8. Cultivate character - A man is not stronger or better than his character.  A good character gives you goodwill and a man who has and lives on goodwill will never run dry. 

  9. Stretch - This is my theme for this year. I want to stretch myself in many ways, I want to outperform all I have done in the past, learn new skills, grow out of my comfort zone, take meaningful risks, go places, do things and become a better person. Do well and stretch this year.

  10. Love God and serve humanity - Sometimes in 2019, I wrote a song, and the lyrics captured this for me:


 "All I am will glorify God, all I have will edify people. I want to live my life and die my dead to honor God and serve humanity". 


When you do this, your life will outlive you.



To wrap this up, I would say be intentional with your life this year, live life to the fullest, build capacity, relish every moment, be happy, have regret-free fun, take nothing to heart and live in peace with all men.  Simply make this year count.


Do well to give thoughts to these issues this year.

Thank you for reading

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  1. Unknown2 January 2022 at 15:17

    I love this.. Thank you for sharing this.. Came at the right time for me . I have learned to repeatedly count my blessings especially when I begin to feel overwhelmed and discouraged. This year will be a good one Amen

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  2. ASKME2 January 2022 at 18:11

    Nice one

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  3. Unknown3 January 2022 at 12:51

    Thanks so much for this.
    It'll go a long way through the year.
    God bless you.
    And sure we will serve God and serve humanity.

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