Happy new year

WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR

The season of perpetual hope is here....

As we head towards the trail end of yet another year, we tend to contemplate on all the major events that we had experienced.

Each of us would have had a good share of good and "not so good" experiences.

Challenges and struggles succumbing to persistent and progressive efforts.

Like a new leaf springing out fresh, it's time we trashed out all the negative and unwanted memories of yesterdays. Letting go of all the struggles, pains, tears and words is easier said than done. But, it is the only way for a peaceful today.

What has been done and happened is now history. There is no point rewinding and re-evaluating all those sequential events in our mind. Our thoughts and perceptions tend to create more damage to us than to others. Like the old saying goes, “Worry is like a rock chair, the more you rock on it, and the more it rocks you”. Just like we intentionally switch channels to avoid and turn away from unwanted scenes in a movie, let us also make an honest attempt to erase the negative thoughts that has captivated us for years.

All the exterior stimulus that had disrupted our inner peace shall remain as is, until we change our perception.

Regrets, hurt, anger, anguish, despair and hatred are those energy suckers that drain out your peace.

Let bygones be bygones. Like we tear away used pages from the scrapbook and clean the blackboard, let us wipe out all the accumulated negative thoughts from our mind consciously, for our own good.

Let us be grateful for all those challenges and struggles, for without them, we would not have learnt the lessons of life and evolved to be a stronger person than before. Let us be thankful to all the blessings that came in disguise to make us a wiser and a better person.

Let us cheer all the opportunities that came our way that paved the way to explore and evaluate our capabilities and limitations.

Let us try to forget all the disappointments, arguments and wrong deeds of people around us.

Let us forgive our own selves for our misgivings and failures.

Let us bury the past and look forward for the future with hope, faith and compassion.

Tomorrow is indeed a new day like never before.

A new dawn, a new ray of sunshine, a new year full of hope and promises is beginning.

Let us welcome it cheerfully and merrily.

Happy New Year!