Another Rebirth - Welcome 2011

2011. Another year.

I am looking at 2011 with great enthusiasm. Not only were my hopes renewed, but I have found fervor again. My professional life which had been on a standstill for so many many years have moved. At 50, it may sound like, what? this late? well, better late than never. I am happy not because I got promoted. I am happy because something in my life moved. A sense of hope. A sense of looking forward to something. My life has been in a pause mode and somebody must have clicked the play button.

I look at 2011 as a rebirth. How many times have I been reborn? Many times. How many times have catharsis set in? Many times. I might as well consider myself immaculately disinfected! Lols.

What do I see in 2011? More work for sure. As if there was a dearth of things to do. I will earn my MBA in 2011. It took me so long to fulfill this dream. But again, it is never too late.

What do I need to learn in 2011? To be more patient. Again and again. I think I have mellowed already. I have a clear understanding that life must be felt and must be savored. One thing though... I will not forsake my health for the sake of work. There goes the dividing line. I work because I love working but not to the extent of sacrificing the "me". Health especially. That would be an ongoing motto. Doing better.. we will see. I have my limits and I am not blind to those limits. Maybe I am only getting what should have been mine long ago.

I would like to see myself in a flux of balance. Productive. Serene. Happy. But I know that is wishful thinking. But I understand life to be like that. Challenges that need to be faced head-on. It cannot be helped that not all in life is a "bed of roses". There are sacrifices. There are limits. There are obstacles.

But those can be overcome. As I have overcome. Many times over. In 2011, I see an equilibrium of hopes and challenges. How I face it depends on how I view things in the years to come.

I just wish that I can gain more wisdom as I grow. At 50, I would like to think that I have saved more than enough wisdom. But no. Life is continuous and there is no absence of learning. In all aspects.

I view the next decade of my life as a fulfillment of dreams that I have set many many years. Though it came belatedly, I am more than stubborn to achieve it. And achieve I will with the patience of Job.

I would like to share the incoming year with you - with much hope and meaning. The younger set would not understand what I am saying but they will eventually learn. Just I have learned. Just as you have learned.

To my friends - there can be no turning back. We cannot anymore "unfriend" each other. We have more than enough goulash that we can still stick without much rancor, hindi ba? lols.

Join me as we celebrate the incoming year with gusto and happiness.