My Single Appeal

Happy new year to everyone! 2010 is here, well, not really like I was looking to it with a lot of eagerness, but it does feel good to know that I am alive and well enough to see and enjoy celebrating the new year with my loved ones, as well as being grateful to God for the many opportunities that I will have even in this year: I love looking for opportunities!

Truthfully, the only appeal this year in all its grand newness has for me is that it is the time when I will grow even more. It is scary to think that the character building process of a person is never truly completed, but what is even more important than when it ends is the foundation it is built on. It starts with the involuntary phase when our parents/guardians try to mold us with their words and actions on patterns of life that they deem best for our development, after which is a period when the individual has to step up to the plate and officially renounce any excuses for not being who God has destined and created him/her to be. The fact remains that in anyone's future, the only person to blame for not being successful is oneself - not environment, not parental figures, not social or financial status - everyone will be accountable for themselves.

There are issues I need to resolve with myself, and I hope to do that consciously this year. I don't feel like I did a lot of growing up this year, even though a lot of life happened to me this year. I have no new resolutions to be doggedly attached to for the first few days of the year, but instead, there are conscious decisions on what needs to be put in place to be who God wants me to be.

Writing this, I now actually look forward to the year 2010. I look forward to a self-appraisal of my character in all its ramifications and being impressed with myself in how I have grown and handled my decision-making processes. Plus, I have God to guide me, with the full and absolute realization that nothing happens to me without His knowledge, and He always has my best interests at heart.

Here's to difference and growth in 2010!

When change is successful, it is called growth. - John Maxwell