In 332 BC, Alexander the Great was on his destined quest to conquer the world, and he found himself in Africa, Egypt to be precise.
He previously had plans to extend and consolidate his kingdom to Africa, he sought for a location that would serve as a base for his expanding kingdom and came to a very large expanse of land.

One of his men then gave an advice, the huge expanse of land which they just stumbled upon should be marked out with the use of grains they had in their storehouse, this was intended to size up the portion of land that the Great Alexander had chosen, it sounded pleasant and Alexander commanded his men to act on the advice.
The men did as instructed and went to bed after, Alexander and his men woke the next morning and were surprised to see that they couldn't find the demarcated portions, the grains that served as landmarks had disappeared! They failed to account for the Egyptian birds - this didn't seem like a good Omen.

Alexander the Great, at first shaken by such a sign refused to accept things at face value, he sent for the Egyptian magicians and sorcerers who had understanding of occurrences like this, they came and gave the interpretation - the expanse of land would attract people from all cultures and nations, would be a very prosperous and bountiful land that even the birds of that city would not go hungry.

Alexander, now relaxed after the interpretation, went on to establish his kingdom in the land, which grew to an enormous city (Alexandria) and became the epicenter of world economic activities.

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A new year is really new when we begin to see with new eyes and renewed minds.
Physically, a new year has no new changes attached - same 24 hours, same sun, same moon, same cyclic weather conditions, but we are happy to see it because newness promises freshness and renewal which is best consolidated by seeing with freshened and new minds.

Alexander was perturbed when he woke up to such an incident, this was a time to break new grounds and not remain restricted, he refused to accept things as they used to be, he wouldn't leave that expanse of land the way he met it, he took a decision to see with new eyes and then the idea to call experienced sorcerers who had understanding came and he eventually got desired results.

Remember, changes in personal life are only as effective as the changes made in the kind of thoughts we think and not necessarily changes in times and seasons.

An aggressive demand for the best by getting angry with mediocrity which stem from an inaccurate way of looking at the world is a necessity to break new grounds in this new year.

Let us see and think different!
We have all things to the extent that we see them inside us - seeing more of Love, Power, Strength, Abundance, Joy, Happiness, Optimism, Energy, Beauty, Peace, Friendliness, Nobility and Wealth will further strengthen our possessions of life blessings.

Happy New Decade!
A prosperous and a glorious 2020 for us all.

Timothy Adetolu
January 01, 2020.