Well, here we are again. The season of excess and fun and family. Maybe not for everyone but for those of us that were brought up under a certain cultural bias and calendar.
As Christmas ends and the New Year approaches, it's almost
impossible not to think ahead in some way. So much hope and expectation, even if we have all been here before.
Sometimes I wonder whether we have our eye on the wrong prize. When looking at where we are in life we all
tend to look up rather than down. We look at things that are missing, that we'd like to have, that we'd like to get done. Yes, it’s important to aspire but looking down
can, for want of a better phrase or metaphor, also keep us grounded. There are so, so many people in this world of ours that have far less and could only dream of what we already have in our worlds. Yep, good old fashioned perspective for this time of year.
But at the same time I'm certainly not saying there's anything wrong with looking for a better life. So push on. And come 31 December 2012, what kind of regrets will we be harbouring then? A few hits and a few misses? The thing is what I'm experiencing at this moment is the result of choices and
decisions I made in the past; what I'll experience in the future depends on
choices and decisions I make now. I can't get all preachy because I'm just as guilty as the
next man for that extra double cheeseburger and lack of focus, but deep down we know what we should be doing even if it's so much cosier to take the
path of least resistance and all that.
So enjoy the festive season and may all your dreams for 2012 come true - thanks in part to what you're doing towards them now.
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