Snap your fingers 12 times!

Unbelievable how an entire year goes by just like twelve short blips! Like 12 quick finger snaps! It’s amazing how year after year, we all are given an opportunity to start afresh. Year 2008 is about to come to a close and it’s time for a little bit of reflection and a lot more of inspirational goal setting; some new commitments, some new adventures, some new attitudes and some new trips to uncharted territories in life!

A lot happened in 2008 in my life! Traveled a new country, achieved a family dream, traveled within the United States with family, made head-way with finances … Yes! As mentioned two years ago the wonderful bank balance is more positive than January 1st! More people have been positively impacted this year and yes old friends have reunited!

Here’s to an incredibly amazing and successful 2009! Let’s make use of the next 12 finger snaps – these 12 months that will be only 12 small blips in our lives – and make sure we touch a life, help someone, impact someone, love someone, travel and see the world in which we live. A year later, when you and I think back and snap our fingers, we both will know in our hearts how we did in 2009.

Cheers! …. and Happy New Year!

www.missing.home.in

Homesickness isn’t an emotion, its more like one of those dirty facts you just know in the pit of your stomach and feel in the back of your head, the sort that will not go away, no matter what you do.

I miss home.

A Moment in Time

Every once in a while there comes a moment, just a brief moment in time that puts everything in life into a different frame of reference. Every now and then will be a moment that will change completely the way you think. It will exhilarate and excite you because you had never realized something till then, when all that time it has been right smack in front of your face. That one moment in time changes your perspective and adds another arrow to the quiver of our belief system. Something that makes your heart skip a beat and exclaim – Woah! That one moment – one minuscule moment – gives your thought process the much needed sense of direction that you’ve been searching for. It seems to be the answer and provide explanations to things that happen in your life, in your career, in your business and in your relationships. It also provides explanation for things that are not happening in life! It seems to give you that one ingredient that was missing from the recipe of life that would have added the thrill and the excitement that comes with success and empowerment and effective leadership and better relationships.

Just one moment …

For me that one moment was last night. I qualified to attend a leadership training yesterday. Of the twelve hours of the most fantastic teachings from the country’s most knowledgeable leaders, there was one moment at about 9:15PM that, I can say without a shadow of doubt, has transformed my life and my way of thinking. I will obviously not elaborate on the content of that moment as it will not make any sense out of context.

It takes just one moment to change your life – provided you have an open mind and a happy heart.

… only One moment!

Her birthday again

It’s that time of the year again … and it’s her birthday. How do I say it? How do I do justice to the truth in my feelings and convey the genuineness of my friendship. I could just call her and wish her the best year of her life. Can’t do that … she has changed her number. “Then e-mail her!” I hear someone yell at me. How could I email someone who deleted that entire email account specifically so I could not reach her?

Friendship gone sour … but in a very troublesome way. If given a second chance, there are certain things I would do differently … oh yes! definitely – but that’s IF given a second chance. You and I are intelligent enough to understand that life doesn’t give second chances. It only gives a chance to make things better. (Do I hear an ‘Amen’ out there?) So after 2 days of searching and looking and scraping the smallest corners of my hard-drive (interspersed with hours of nostalgic content – may I add!) I found her mailing address. A birthday card should do it right? Maybe a letter? Naah… just a consise, sincere, heartfelt birthday wish needs to be the focus today. Not me, or my apology.

Alright then, card sent. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday! May this coming year be your best and may you achieve all that you have strived for!

Would she get it? Has she moved in the time we last had contact? Wonder if she will open it knowing it’s from me. Think she would reply? … … Well, how does it matter. Goal was to wish her the very best. And that is done.

Rest is upto the power upstairs!