This period of the year is always known for resolutions, pledges, budgeting, manifestos, reorganizations, targets, goal setting etc. Perfect timing, nice intentions, but we must know that nothing makes the year new and different if we remain our old self.

An ancient Greek saying has it that some are born wise while others are born otherwise.

You may submit with me that that every human being on earth have their unique and ultimate goals to fulfill. Some achievable while some not at all.

That is why the Persians would argue that the graveyards have the best of goals, visions and aspiration buried in it.

It becomes therefore not just pertinent, but highly imperative and expedient that one takes a seasonal approach to personal assessment as the year is winding up.

• Don’t stretch your aspirations if you are not ready to stretch yourself, this is why many snap off their goals in the first few months of the year
• As we grow older, we must learn to grow stronger, tougher and wiser. Crowd the next year with all the lessons gained from all the past years
• You must learn to ‘take some bull by the tail’, there are some things-dreams, friends and principles we may be emotionally attached to which we would have to let go and let them be. Major on the major and less attention to distractions. Just do the best you can with all the people you can in all the places you as long as you can and I know with God you can.

In the next 24 hours, please check your clock not your calendar, you will discover that nothing has changed and nothing might really change except YOU. If you want a change, you must have to change, you must be the change agent…Happy New year in few hours.

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the long awaited 2015 is here. there's never been anything like it.