SMALL BEGINNINGS

The Good Book in Zechariah 4 v 10 stated “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin………..” ,

No one is particularly crazy about starting small or being small. Imagine how embarrassing it usually is when an older family friend reminds you of the silly things you used to do as a child or how you looked back then….. I know I roll my eyes and hope the person disappears into thin air.

The truth though, is just about everything has to start small. We forget that as children our foundations were formed, we forget that our ability to pronounce big words and spell them was simply because we learnt the alphabets and did the whole A for Apple bit….. We fantasize that we never once ate and spilled half the food on ourselves. But the beginnings of all human undertakings are untidy, they are always messy.

John Dryden did say “Mighty things from small beginnings grow”. Rome was not built in a day, as a matter of fact; the house you live in was not built in a day. I love tennis, its my favorite sport ever, anytime I watch a good match I end of jumping around swinging my imaginary bat, screaming like Sharapova….. But I have never taken tennis lessons, never even touched a real tennis ball. Lame right. I know. That’s the only thing I will ever do if I don’t take that first step of going out to buy a racket and a ball and decide to learn how to play, don’t get me wrong I have no intentions of playing professionally, but without taking a step, all I will ever do is play imaginary tennis!!! What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

I have this group of friends, I don’t know if I tell them enough how proud I am of them, but I am. After school each one of us went back and started a whole new chapter, forgetting everything and starting small. It must have been a difficult decision but they all made it. Maybe as students of Plato we all realized that the beginning is the most important part of the work.

I don’t care how impossible it may look right now, but without starting it won’t look any easier. Lao Tzu said “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step”. Don’t wait till the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect….. There will never be a time when its conducive to begin a new endeavor especially when you are at a certain age, but the longer you wait to begin the longer you have to wait to get to the end. Now it seems like I went back to school just yesterday, but I can see the finish line not too far away.

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step - Martin Luther King, jr . We can’t all start a business with 1million dollars, we don’t all have some cousin who will help launch our careers by signing us to his record label or featuring us in his movie…. Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you can start. Dangote didn’t wake up one morning and was one of the richest men in Africa, 2face Idibia’s humble beginnings back in the plantation boys days was hardly an indication of where he would be today.

It’s hard, I know. I’m always the one that’s all talk and no action, but whenever I’ve put myself out there in pursuit of a new endeavor, it’s been worth it. Go get your degree, start that business, send out your Cv. Just move even if all you can do is crawl, then crawl. If you have a dream, then you have what it takes to accomplish that dream because the dream and the dreamer are always matched.

And so as Rita Bally said “Start wherever you are, and start small”

                        “Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end shall greatly increase” The King James Bible Job 8 v 7

SOME EXPENSIVE STUFF

There are a number of really expensive stuff out there that I would like to buy when I'm rich and famous. The most expensive car, the most expensive house, the most expensive wrist watch....... but there are some things even I find to be a bit ridiculous. The price tag on some of these items make me wonder if they have some other functions aside the most obvious ones.


Here's a list of the most expensive and most ridiculous stuff I found. Get out your calculators and start the conversions

THE MOST EXPENSIVE UMBRELLA - Yes, an umbrella. The umbrella is made of "premium crocodile skin" and was created by Billionaire Couture and was designed exclusively for men. It's water proof and designed to withstand even the toughest of winds. This umbrella will set you off a cool $50,000 dollars. I do hope when you forget this umbrella at a shop somewhere it gets up and follows you home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MOST EXPENSIVE PEN - Let me first say that this pen wasn't designed for writing. If a pen isn't exactly made to write, what is it then, a hair scratcher? The AURORA DIAMENTE FOUNTAIN PEN is the most expensive "writing instrument" in the world, only one is made a year. To get one it will cost you $1.47million....... It apparently has over 30 carats of diamonds on a solid platinum barrel. For a list of the 10 most expensive pens in the world www.skitzone.com/2010/top-10-most-expensive-pens-in-the-world/

THE MOST EXPENSIVE DOG COLLAR - So taking your dog to the spa, buying it designer clothes and treating it as you would a child is no longer enough. At least that what the guys at I Love Dog Diamonds think, they created the AMOUR AMOUR DOG COLLAR, a 52 carat diamond featuring 3 tiers of diamonds in a chandelier design. It contains 1600 diamonds and will set you back $3.2 million. For other also very expensive dog collars, go to http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-most-expensive-dog-collars.html . I love my dog, no be for mouth ooh

 

THE MOST EXPENSIVE FLOWER - Valentine's day is around the corner, and florists will definitely have cause to smile. But after doling out close to $200,000 for the Shenzhen Nongke Orchid a smile may not be the expression on your face.

 The man made flower made by scientists in china,  it was bought in 2005 by an anonymous bidder.



THE MOST EXPENSIVE NAIL POLISH - Hey ladies, the next time you think you've spent a lot of money on your manicure, remember the world's most expensive nail polish goes for a whooping $250,000. AZATURE NAIL POLISH contains 267 black diamonds, it adorned the fingers of Kelly Osbourne at the 2012 EMMY'S. She stated she hadn't touched anything all day, if I ever had this on my fingers, I can guarantee I'd have my hands locked in a safe somewhere!

 

MOST EXPENSIVE WEDDING CAKE - I love cakes, everybody knows it. However, to my dear future husband $35,000,000 is way too much to spend on our wedding cake. PIRATES FANTASY contains a 10 different sapphires with one on each layer, it also contains 10 pieces of jewelry...... On second thought, Dear future husband, just buy this and forget about spending money on jewelry ever again. Including the wedding ring! A list of the most expensive cakes www.therichest.org/the-most-expensive-wedding-cakes-in-the-world

MOST EXPENSIVE T-SHIRT- So you spend a few bucks on a Ralph Lauren Polo and you think you are all that, here's a better way to show how loaded you really are. Buy, just for $400,000, a SUPERLATIVE LUXURY T-SHIRT. The t-shirt has 16 diamonds with 8 of the diamonds being some of the rarest to find black diamonds in the world. It was designed in January 2012 in London by SUPERLATIVE LUXURY

MOST EXPENSIVE FLIP FLOPS - Some of you guys know this as "bathroom slippers", but for the tush ones, like my humble self, they are called flip flops. And for a mere $18,000 you can own a pair of  CHIPKOS FLIP FLOPS, these flip flops are hand painted by a renowned Los Angeles contemporary artist, David Palmer who says “The work is inspired by nature, and language, and the invisible connections between things, I create images that reflect my fascination with an increasingly complex world.”
Hopefully, when I click the pair together (just like the Ruby slippers in the Wizard of Oz) it will magically transport me to any destination I choose!
But its for a good cause, each sandal purchase expands a Costa Rican national park by one hundred square feet, thereby protecting the habitat, species and resources within that land area in perpetuity."
I think that's a very good way of spending 2.8million naira. don't you?

MOST EXPENSIVE DOLL - Just when you thought barbie dolls were too expensive, then you are in for a shocker.  The most expensive doll comes in at $6.25million. The doll called L'OISEIEUR (THE BIRD TRAINER) is a doll, that plays the flute and wears "renaissance clothes" I certainly hope it does laundry and the dishes as well

MOST EXPENSIVE PILLOW - If you just happen to have a  spare 500,000naira ($2,800) lying around the house you cold purchase the world's most expensive pillow. The EIDERDOWN PILLOW, is made from the down that lines the nest of the Common Eider’a large sea-duck native to the northern coasts of Europe, eastern Siberia and North America. St. Geneve assures their customers that the down is collected with as little harm to the fowl as possible. Eider flock to the safe areas provided by the down collectors and their nests aren’t disturbed until the birds have left.
Also the pillow never gets old and never gets dirty.............  I hope!
 

10 + 1 THINGS GIRLS WANT(from thoughts in a diary)

Last night I had a short conversation with a friend and he mentioned the age long saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Don't know about that, it could be right or not!



I do know however the way to a girl's heart. These are some random things guys hardly ever think about when thinking about what a girl wants......Let me quickly say what a girl truly wants differs by far from the usual stuff. And before you give me grief about a woman being different from a woman, A WOMAN IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE, A GIRL.Here are 10 plus 1 random things (based on my time with the girls) we absolutely love. In no particular order

CHOCOLATE - Do I need to explain why? A friend mentioned how he met a girl who said she preferred bananas to chocolate! Bananas. Really. Bananas......My first thought was maybe she was a model or had a medical condition that barred her from having sweet things! Or may she had gone BANANA'S.


SHOES - There is something indescribable about the connection between a girl and her shoes. I've often heard it said that if you give a girl the right shoes she can take over the world. Maybe. No matter how perfect a dress is, without the right pair of shoes it might as well be gym clothes. Ask Cinderella! Get her the perfect pair of shoes and she won't forget in a hurry!



CAKE - I don't mean the usual cake on her birthday or valentine's day.... I mean a cake for no apparent reason. Send her a TGIF cake and she'll love you for it. And if it happens to be a chocolate cake.....


PIZZA - No one appreciates a well made pizza more than a girl, she's rubbing her hands in anticipation before the delivery man arrives.....
P.s, did you know that pizza delivery guys/girls are some of the most loved people in the world?


TO LOSE WEIGHT - As much as girls likes cake and chocolates and pizza etc, she really doesn't want to get fat, she even wants to lose weight. If you figure out a way to make this possible. PLEASE, I BESEECH THEE, let me know.
P.s, she doesn't want to be told she's getting fat too. So be VERY careful with this one.


LADIES NIGHT - Did you think only guys need a night out with their boys. She might not need it as often, but she does want to hang out with her girls, it doesn't even have to be at night, it could be an entire weekend as long as its "just us girls".Make it happen and thank me later.


MEDI-PEDI - Nothing eases stress like a good spa date.(notice how a medi- pedi became a spa date?)And before you ask what language I'm speaking in, a medi pedi is a manicure and a pedicure. She'll be beaming for weeks......



HER FAVOURITE SONG - Or songs. Request her favourite song on radio, make a tape of her favourite songs and play with her in the car (what other car would she rather be in). Seriously, duuh! LOL


HUMOUR - She wants to laugh, I'm talking tears streaming down, holding her tummy, rolling on the floor, kind of laugh. She won't be able to do this at a comedy show, she'll just giggle cutely, so buy her a tape of the funniest jokes you've ever heard. The next time you see her, you'll know what I mean.


BE MESSY - As much as she wants to be a lady, she wants to be messy. I saw an old boyfriend a week ago and I remember each time we would go out on a date, he'd insist on getting me a take home pack. I didn't realise this at the time and I don't know if he did too, but I saw a movie where a girl returned from a date and her friend asked if she was hungry, she replied that she was starved because she was too much of a lady to 'dig in" at the restaurant...... A girl wants to crack a bone and suck out the marrow, she wants to sit on the floor with the food and eat every last grain.

Did I mention she doesn't want to get fat?


And finally, the plus one. This is probably the only thing that just might have anything to do with you.
SOMETHING SHINY - As much as she wants the engagement ring because she loves you and wants to marry you..... she also wants the diamond. Have you ever wondered why her's  is the one with stones? Diamonds, they say, are a girl's best friend.



I know you are probably wondering why certain things didn't make the  list. Stuff like the shopping sprees, the trips overseas, peruvian hair etc etc. If you are wondering, then that's why. Because you knew, and this list is to tell you what you didn't know.

 Feel free to add to this list, its by no means conclusive. What and who made me the one stop shop for all things women?





 

THE THING TO DO

Everyday we make choices, what time to get out of bed, a choice on what to wear, what to eat...... Simple everyday choices.


Then there are those choices we don't make as often, what electives to take in school, who to vote for in an election, where to have the next vacation......


Another class of choices include who to allow into our circle of friends, who to marry, our mentors.....

Mostly conscious choices...... some you reach only after weeks and months of debate, of weighing the pros and cons. Sometimes independently, sometimes as a group or unit.


The other day I was in a bus and I had paid my fare waiting for my balance. On receiving my balance I called the conductor's attention back because I felt he had given me 20naira extra on my balance, it was then I realised that I was wrong, that was the exact balance.


The person sitting next to me said "so if it was his 20 naira, that's how you would have given him truly. Do you think if it was yours he would be in such a hurry to return it to you?" I just smiled and said nothing(I hate having conversations with strange guys in the bus)


I did consider later what the guy said, that the conductor wouldn't have been so quick to return the extra but that wasn't my concern. Not because I was the most honest of people, it was merely the right thing to do.



We sometimes make wrong choices because we allow other people's possible or perceived choices, if faced with the same scenario, to affect ours. We think, if it was the other way around, what would he have done, what would she have said.......


I once heard a story of a soldier who on making it past enemy lines, realised his friend was still trapped behind enemy lines. He went back alone in search of his friend and both made it out alive. Barely. His friend confessed to him years later that if positions were reversed, he wouldn't have returned for him. The soldier replied that he knew. His friend was shocked and asked why he did it anyway, he said it was because he was confident that he would be able to make it back alive even if he returned. To return for him therefore was not based upon what would have happened if he had been the one trapped but on his ability to make it back in one piece!


Whoa! The soldier made a choice to save his friend knowing his friend would not have done the same.The day after I heard the story, I was heading to my house when I saw my neighbour's recently washed clothes on the floor, I honestly did not want to pick them up because I knew he would have merely walked on by, then I flashed back to the story and asked myself what the right thing was? It was to pick up his clothes and put them back on the line, so that's what I did. I walked back and did the right thing (even though I was really annoyed)

Choices should never be about what the other person would have done, it should be about the right thing to do.

 

THE RIGHT ATTITUDE

The cliche's on attitude abound. For me, they are downright annoying; attitude determines your altitude, attitude = 100  yada yada yada

Many times I think those lines are just ways the Zig Ziglars and those other motivational speakers get us to buy their  books and pay to listen to their seminars.

However, I learnt differently these past weeks. As a law student who sometimes wonders why she is studying law at all, I have days when school is the last place I want to be. I'd really rather just sleep. A few weeks ago I cast my mind back to a statement an old teacher made to me, "anything worth doing is worth doing well".


I decided, hey, I've come this far already, might as well "put my back into it". My strategy; a change of attitude.  I decided to wake up on every school morning with the attitude of someone going to pick up a check for a million bucks.


What a dramatic change!


I not only had more energy, I became more excited than ever before about school. The amazing thing also was that, not only did I feel better, I apparently looked better. The first time I tried this new attitude thingy, I remember my brother dropping me off at the busstop with me brushing my hair in the car and doing a rush job of applying some makeup. So, under normal circumstances, it wasn't a day when I felt I was looking my best. Surprisingly though, all my friends said I looked really good, hot even!
The very wise Dalai Lama said

"It is very importanat to generate a good attitude as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come"

That gave me a whole new perspective on having the right attitude. I believe the same can be applied to any endeavor whtsoever one sets upon. Work for instance, even if you absolutely hate the job, as long as you are stuck there and haven't gotten your dream job, get a new attitude. Find a new reason to be excited about going to work each day, asides the fact that you get paid. As Maya Angelou said

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude"

Whenever not so great things happen to me, I always have this attitude of "it happened for a reason, here's a chance to learn for tomorrow" and stuff like that. It dawned on me that possibly that's one of the reasons I'm never depressed or hardly unhappy. I always find a way to see a bright light in any dark situation. It just might be one of my biggest flaws but I choose to see it instead as me having the right attitude.

Thinking back to the first time I wrote an entrance examination for the university, I passed the exam, even passed the cut off by miles, but I had not entered some other information(not due to any fault of mine) and that disqualified me. I was extremely unhappy, inconsolable even because I felt it was unfair and I had been cheated. Then I thought to myself that who knows what would have happened if I had gained the admission, I might have been involved in an accident on my way to classes or some other bad thing might have happened. I realise now that I had simply decided to see the positive in a negative situation.

"You cannot control what happens to you, rather you can control your attitude towards whatever happens to you, and in that you will be mastering change than allowing it to master you" Brian Tracy

Turns out those motivational speakers weren't messing with us whenever they'd emphasize the importance of having the right attitude. The difference in being happy or sad, satisfied or discontent,is really in having a positive or negative attitude.

LITTLE THINGS (PART 2) CONSEQUENCE

Finally, I decided to complete the little things series....... but I just might revisit it sometime soon. Again!

Let me begin with a quote

 "What we call the little things are merely the causes of great things, they are the beginning, the embryo ....... A black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm ....."

A few months ago my phone was stolen, out of the bag I was carrying. How come? I didn't close the zip (the reason I didn't is a story for another day)


One time I had this really cute cream and brown bag, I forgot a piece of cake in it overnight and by the next day rats had eaten their way through the bag to get to the cake. The bag was ruined!!!


Imagine this, you bought a new TV set: flat screen, LED, 3D, 110 cool inches bla bla bla, then after taking the time to read the manual you chose to ignore the fact that you would need a stabiliser. Pray Heaven forbids high voltage (especially if you live in Nigeria)


Or say, the brake fluid of your car leaks a little bit everyday and you decide it isn't a big deal....... to that, I call the words of Benjamin Franklin " A small leak can sink a great ship"


You are dating a guy who almost seems perfect except for the fact that he has no control over his temper and ever so often he screams at you at the top of his voice even when he ought to have let it go. Sweetheart, ignore it if you choose, but I see a black eye and broken nose in your future.


I saw the movie Contagion a few nights ago, it was about a new disease that had begun to spread at such an alarming rate that the whole world was gripped in fear, the best scientists in the world could not trace the roots of the virus. Lots of people died and serious money was spent before a vaccine was created. At the end of the movie we discovered that the virus was from a pig, a chef had touched it, didn't wash his hands, shook the hands of a lady ..... that marked day one of the existence of the virus.

All this happened because the chef failed to wash his hands. Amazing!




Choosing to ignore or failing to pay attention, to the little things will cause you to lose big things or suffer great loss.



I'll just end here with what Barton Bruce said

"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things"

THANK YOU

I mentioned as part of my new year resolutions, being thankful. That's exactly what I want to do, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has been a part of this blog, one way or another.  Its a long list so I better get to it.......

MR AND MRS AJEWOLE, you pay for Internet.... When it boils right down to it, that's  primary.


OLANREWAJU AJEWOLE, you are a brother indeed. no one has been of greater support to me than you, always posting my blog posts on bbm, facebook and anywhere possible. three gbosa for you ma men!


ABIOLA AJEWOLE, the naughty girl I call sis, you support me without words. Don't think I am unaware oo. I see you wella


TOLU DARAMOLA, truth be told I started writing again because of how often you harass me about my blog. I hereby adopt you as a brother!
 

BUKOLA AJEWOLE, big sis, a silent supporter..........


TUNDE LAWAL aka Sir Teelaw, you made me the 4th musketeer


KIME AMOS, i was shocked when you mentioned how often you return to the blog hoping for a new post.


OLAJIDE AJOSE, for all the times you asked about my blog.


OLUCHI UZOMA, Lulu. You harass me about this blog every chance you get.


VANESSA, queen vee, just because you always leave a comment........


MICHEAL ZUOKEMEFA, well done mikelo, my sure paddy


JIDE aka Purkin Jay, you just might have set the ball rolling


KUNLE KESHINRO, you are too cool, you ask about this blog always


SEUN ADETITUN, for the contacts and always being willing to help


AJUA YANKEY, you jumped on a bike with me to go see ID Cabasa


ONONIKPO JENNIFER, i no longer call you friend, i call you sister. You always come through even when you think I am just being lazy. You don't know what you do for me


OLAOTAN AMOSU, you said you saw talent.......



MBANEKWU MERCY, for the pillar that you are



VICTOR EDIALE aka Baba Dudu, thank you




WILLIAMS ZINO, a friend to cherish. You helped even though you weren't sure what I was doing



TOLU aka Swaggertolz, you helped publicize this blog



FOYINSOLA AGUDA......


AGBANI WHYRE, for so much effort and the many contacts

Because you believe in me, I stand tall. I won't let you down

And to

PAUL ADE MARTINS, mr marco martinez. You endured my questions and the further questions.
If all the famous guys were like you..........


I.D CABASA, you allowed the honour of getting to know you. Without any hassles


RUBY GYANG, i have no words.........


TOSIN BUCKNOR aka toptosyn aka Area mama, you were my first interview, you didn't even know me


MO CHEDDAH, for your quick response

To the ANONYMOUS(ES) who leave those cool comments, we are together!

I really could go on and on and on and on and on and on......... Big shoutout to everyone who supports this blog even without me knowing it. I pray you receive support in everything you do and everywhere you go.

DEBOURGEOIS is by no means where it is going, not even close........ not by a long shot. But you guys are the oil in the wheel.

Thanks for taking the time to even read the posts, somedays I'm not sure I make sense but y'all get it.

If you are visiting this blog for the first time, welcome. I appreciate you  a lot.

If you don't have a support group, (in the words of Jay Z), I feel bad for you son. Some of these folks form a huge part of my support group, they keep me going and sometimes have to kick me in the backside to get me moving. These guys may not know my dreams, my hopes, my aspirations, but they wanna make sure I get wherever I am going! What more could a girl ask for?!


DEBOURGEOIS says a big thank you to you all. Its another year, lets do it again.

YES WE CAN!!!

THIS NEW YEAR

Happy new year everyone, i am super excited to be writing again, after taking such a long break.

I do love the idea of a fresh start, a new page, a chance to do it again . . . .  that's why i sometimes call the new year A RE BEGINNING. For me, the new year is always an opportunity to say to myself " do it again"

Another cool thing about the new year is that, because its a fresh page, it has lots of lines to write on, so when you find at the end of a line, that a mistake was made, you cancel and go to the next line.

I asked a friend yesterday if he had any new year resolutions, and he just smirked like i was being silly. so i told him i understood why he thought that was funny, no one makes resolutions anymore, they are old school and since people realised they are never able to do or not do whatever the resolution was, we all stopped making them. Then I asked a different question, I asked if he had any specific goals for the year, any targets he had set etc and he said yes. Then I asked again if he had new year resolutions and he said yes.

A resolution is really nothing more than having a resolve to do something, a firm determination for something to be done!


I would be worried if i knew anyone who has decided to let the year pass without doing something different or something better than last year. Short of someone wiping your slate clean and turning back the hands of time, the new year is one of the best opportunities to start afresh.


I have a number of "resolutions", small things really but its a decision nevertheless. Stuff like praying a bit more, doing one nice thing for someone everyday(i am proud to say i have kept this one so far), appreciating the people and things i have.......


Did i leave out exercising?


The one thing though about resolutions is that they involve an action. TO DO, you will hardly come across a definition of the word, at least in this sense, without to do, to be done, a plan to do etc showing up!


What I've realised is that we make these resolutions and literally leave them where they drop! Without any action; any conscious, preplanned course of action, resolutions are no different from making wishes. It won't do you any good.


So I know some folks(like me) have been making the same resolutions over and over again, we even decided not to call them resolutions again. I mean that's redundant. But truly a spade by any other name is still a spade, so lets just call a spade, a spade!

Last year your new year resolution was to stop smoking, and you did.
For the first four days. After that you just forgot about it and continued as usual.

One thing I've come to realise is that good things, most times, don't come easy but we give up too easily.  Forming a bad habit is probably one of the easiest things to do, forming a good one or leaving a bad one is hard.

Some resolutions are solo efforts, where you require no external assistance. Some aren't. Those ones simply cannot be done alone, without a support group (could be just one person) it might be impossible to achieve. What do you imagine AA(ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS) aims to achieve.

I always tell my "smoker" friends to stop hanging out with fellow smokers if they really want to quit, and hang out with folks who don't, but that seems like a crazy idea!

I mentioned being grateful as one of my new year resolutions and i couldn't think of a better way to be reminded of that decision than to see it everyday on my blackberry (and i look at my blackberry a lot). My status on BBM says ABOUNDING IN THANKSGIVING, each time i see that i think of a reason to be thankful and so far its working. Not so crazy, very simple really but effective nonetheless.


My point is, to achieve whatever you set out to do this year, you need to do something different from what you had done previously or to do something better than you had done before. It might be something totally crazy or something extremely simple but something must be done!


I put it to you(debate language) that the simple formula for achieving that new year resolution is
A PLAN (SOMETHING DIFFERENT or SOMETHING BETTER) + A CONSTANT REMINDER . Some formulae might even include A SUPPORT GROUP

It won't be easy, I imagine there will be days i feel like there is no reason to be thankful or I'm not feeling particularly nice, but I will keep at it. Even if I missed out for a while, I will "do it again"

So, if you are like me and have a new year resolution, to quit smoking, to get out of an abusive relationship, to get a new job, to pray more.......... whatever it is, keep at it and when you didn't, do it again. Its like saying, oh I didn't write in my diary for the past week so I won't bother writing again! That's just ridiculous.


Have any new year resolutions to share, or the craziest resolutions you've ever made? Leave me a comment!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!