Foluke Sijuwola Falayi
Living As Wise in the Year 2022
Each New Year is filled with a fresh start, new beginning and new opportunities, but it is necessary, before starting a brand new year, to have a reflection on the past year. This helps to know where, as individuals, we missed it, what we ought to have done differently. There is probably the need to do an almost formal appraisal before embarking on the New Year.
Well, I know that every New Year is new. It is like a blank sheet, to be filled with whatever we want and as much as we are willing to work towards achieving the set goals. But it helps to have a firm knowledge of happenings of the past and coming/new years. Even the princes of this world, the geniuses of this world, the men behind things, don’t just begin a new year without having a prior knowledge of the last.
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Sometimes, because we have tried a number of projects and they failed does not mean if we look into them again we won’t succeed. So, maybe what you need now is not embarking on a new idea or project but restrategising and redoing the one that did not work out last year. It is good to revisit abandoned schemes and projects.
Remember the story of the Wright Brothers. They tried and tried again. What about Alexander Graham Bell, Edison and Swan and others, these were great inventors in history. Through perseverance, they changed the course of history.
What about the courage required to start that (new) project, assignment or task? We all know the fear that is synonyms with starting. Fear is an enemy of a new venture. Yet, life is all about risk-taking. Often, if we do not take risk, we might not move ahead. As a matter of fact, not taking the risk is a risk on its own.
Be the best you can be in 2002, be the best in your career, and be the unsurpassed one in your field and in your endeavours. Learn new things. Strive to add to your knowledge. Refuse to stay at the peripheral level.
Finally, if we would not deceive ourselves, you and I, need God. We need Him in order to succeed. So, seek Him in the New Year.
