Every 31st of
December, people troops out of churches and mosques greeting and hugging each
other and indeed complementing each other after appreciating God for the gift
of life, they have in their mind the belief that old things have passed away
and indeed new things are up to life, I reminisce about the past and tried to
figure out what the difference is between the old ways and this new beginning,
though, the Dictionary defines new beginning as recently starting something
that is different from what has been existing in the past, but I felt something
different, looking at the difference between yesterday and today which made me
realize that the only difference that exists is alphabetical, it is the spelling
that differentiate the two, we slept and woke up yesterday and the cycle will
continue today with all other things being equal.
Aside the spelling, another thing
that differentiates the old times and the new beginning is the mindset, what
lives in our heart, what idea did we used yesterday and plan do we have for the
future, certainly, the plan and idea used yesterday, if not completely
different must have a slight modification, this which confirms the difference
between the old times and the new beginning.
After appreciating God for the
gift of life bestowed on us in the years past, we need to gather effort in
forging ahead in the new year, we need to dust the old ideas, polish the ideas
that failed while setting out last year and project a scale of preference for
the activities that has been or that would be lined up for the new year.
Starting new year or new project
means starting afresh, though some part of us may seemed rigid but the fact
remains that the effort must be put in place to make sure that this time
around, a strong difference is noticed in all our activities, one should have
in himself a bunch of fears, you need to be reminded that the future may not be
as appealing as the past, that new year will be a field full of thorns that if
necessary care is not taken would leave on one a lasting wound that may
discourage one from moving ahead, these pre-thought happening that have been
put in place was not to restrain you from stepping forward but they are just
there to remind you that today may be better than tomorrow and vice versa.
When Adeolu, an average student
that just finished his secondary school was leaving home for university, his
parents told him that perfection is a child of repetition that if he could
change his mindset from average to exceptional and master everything that have
been taught in class, read it and repeat it consistently he would frenetically
rise from being trial in class to being what any student could have dreamt of,
days passed and with great effort, at the end of the first session in school,
Adeolu made 4.90 out of the maximum of 5.0 cumulative point average, another
student that finished her secondary school in flying colour, she has the
ability and prowess to excel in university after getting admission but because
of her prowess forget to draw plan out for her new endeavor, she thought she
could main her usual stand as always but the story changed not because she is
not as brilliant as before but this happened because the plan for the new
beginning was not in place.
It is necessary to be happy when starting something new but planning well will make one happier as you move through the endeavor.
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