New beginings

I just wanted to start this blog with a dear, but then quickly realised that this is not an email or I am not writing for somebody or maybe I am and I haven't caught your name yet! So I have named this post a new beginning and began thinking how many such occasions have I had now in my life. Couple of years ago I had one of those moments where you sit with yourself in deep reflection of your where your life is heading and believe it or not this happens to me more often than the average person. In my midst of reflection I made a promise that if god willed that every so often when I loose my umff of passion to just get up and look for new experiences, adventures which could possibly give a sense of personal growth and a sense of making a difference somehow. Am I making sense here. So I decided roughly I would do this every 3 years since over the years I have the pleasure of getting to know myself pretty well I quickly realised that that is the longest time I can last in an environment before I get a move on symptom and a year ago was that moment.

What happened was that upon quickly realising I needed a new start I originally applied to a position abroad and the whole process took a year or so and things were too complicated and sadly it was impossible to make a reality. However straight after this an opportunity opened up and it was not abroad but here in the UK but in a different city far from home. This meant that I had to leave my family home, start of in a new city, knowing no-one and basically getting on with it. A year on I  must say this has been the most challenging, enriching, humbling experiences I have ever had with a twist of self discovery and appreciation with a glimpse of hope, happiness and light. I therefore would like to begin my forthcoming posts with sharing my experiences of what I see, experience and learn.


So for next time..................

Peace


May these words have a positive impact on you as much as it had on me.

By Theodore Roosevelt

Peace

Nearly two and a half year ago I wrote a post title 6 months of work and it as basically listing all the relevant lesson learnt from being in the workforce during this period. I must state that I am neither an expert in such field nor have I got extended experiences to solidify my opinions. Nevertheless the other day I was reflecting upon the alteration of positions and work environment since (I am still striving for achievements) and decided to construct a refined list of lessons that I have been able to take away from each experience and that kind of became like a mission statements which could be remembered when faced with life's obstacles of all sorts and you still want to reach a particular destination. This was quite personal but I truly hope that someone somewhere may benefit from this, so here it is:

1)No one Knows YOU more than you do-Don’t let others define you and Don’t lose yourself in others definition of you
2)People who see a quality in you that they don’t have will always try to make it difficult for you, move swiftly away
3)Be confident that you have the ability to produce good work-if not then it needs a little tweaking which you have the ability to complete
4)Don’t ever EVER show signs of GIVING UP-you will allow others to take gladness of such situations and this will not serve you well.
5)If you don’t know something-learn it and move on-Einstein didn’t become Einstein in a day
6)Anyone who tries to belittle you-smile, dust it off and focus on the goal-they don’t know you
7)Be vocal-don’t allow anyone to silence you
8)Remember to try yourself in different arenas-enhance yourself in different activities to reinforce your multiple abilities and talents
9)Always stay CONFIDENT- No one will give this to you except YOURSELF
10)Don’t ever concentrate on pathetic human interactions of he-says she-says, always keep your eyes on the goal-you much wiser than this-be the example you want to see
11)Stay calm and collected and don’t allow other peoples stress to get through to you-be sure that God has already planned everything out for the best
12)Judgements are usually based on what you portray-if you think assurance-appear sure-people will think you self-assured
13) Be bold, brave and courageous-see an opportunity grab it and make use of it.
14)Ensure you able to identify you own gaps-no-one will do this favour for you –refine the gap and move on
15)Success is for seeing an unachieved achievement and achieving it coupled with focus, hard work, determination, overcoming unnecessary obstacles and patience but remember while you are on the path to experience a lot
16)Live simply, think BIG and produce beneficial outcomes
17)Drive to zero and the product would go zero too!
18)Don’t burden yourself more than you can take. Don’t be your worst enemy, but your best friend- try to smell the roses while you are on a mission!
19)Feel Happy about your past and present achievements no-matter how small-you are where you are because God believes in you to achieve
20)Live life positively physically, mentally and spiritually, live it the way it has been prescribed and don’t just exist

Lastly the most importantly is to remember that you and me are alive, breathing and hopefully physically able to plan from today, work for tomorrow and look forward to the future. peace

Last time I wrote anything here was the beginning of 2012! This comes to show how quickly time passes and that hours go by like weeks and weeks like months and months like years. Further to this in my last post I mentioned what new year means to me and its quite ironic that I am writing this just before the end of that year and the beginning of a new. Generally just before any new year you will hardly find me partying hard (as if!) nor will you find me in an exotic island having a holiday. Nope. You will most often find me by myself (if I can with such a large family but its possible)in isolation for some reflection. Funnily enough its usually also my birthday at this time of the year as well which unfortunately does not help because it adds to the thinking. Gosh I am really depressing you am I not? Hopefully you will see my point in this and hopefully I will try to make sense! What I am really trying to say is that its there are a lot of things for me to be grateful for. Looking back at 2012 I have experienced a lot, and its the only year I can truly say that I have made decisions which has which has shifted my equilibrium 360 degrees. However the decisions have been risky but has set me off in a new direction submerged in something that is completely new to me in a completely new environment. Someone ones said to me that its not your environment that will do something for you but its what you can do in the environment you are in. Certainly this quote has stayed with me for a long time and I am still trying to embody it till this day. Having said this this years reflection will involve a lot of gratefulness (as all years) that I have been able to experience lots of laughter, joy, challenges, opportunities, obstacles, spiritual growth, contentment, changes, alteration in mind-set, inner growth (and outer more grey hairs!, humility and

peacefulness. I truly whish each and everyone of us well and will leave you with another quote that I think is befitting to add on here and now: "Faith makes dreams possible, Hope makes efforts worthwhile and Joy makes any outcome beautiful". May the new year bring us all three and may we achieve more possibilities. Until next time.........

Deja Vu

Wow this blogg still exist! I have just spent sometime going through some old posts and it has brought about many memories that virtually can make me cry. I have come to appreciate the wisdom and strength in writing of ones experiences and how therapeutical it can be.

This past couple of years I have felt that life has been an uncertain roller-coaster, but I must say that looking back I have developed and grow alot as a person. I have been able to apply myself in different settings, challenge myself and make important decisions and sometimes I have had to question myself, become angry with myself, feel proud of myself and smile at myself. But one thing I have become certain about is that whatever stage of life I may find myself I am able to be me; humble, sincere, optimistic me and that will not change. This coupled with some maturity, integrity and inner strength developed through the years, VOILA I cant complain can I. Oh and a bit if grey hair.......:)

My last words for this post; its the begining of a new year, this for me means new dreams, new goals, new achievements, new knowledge and concepts to grasps, and definetly new challenges but above all aspirations for joy and happiness for all of us.

Peace

Pathway

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saying for the day:

"we are all born with gifts, but in order to express them in life we must be able to meet our challenges with courage, patience and skill"


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When you find it!

Peace

Sentence for the day: "Everybody was created with a purpose not only to make money or wander around aimlessly, but once you have found it do not let it slip".

So the purpose people is to try to find that purpose, that thing that makes a difference to you and maybe indirectly to others and that does give you the REAL inner sinerity, it may take years upon years to find, but while your are on this earth know that everyone else is also a seeker.....

Peace