Another year is behind us. Another year is ahead of us. It is a matter of how you look at things, how you look at life. As some say ‘The glass if half full’ whereas some others say ‘The glass is half empty’. None of the two statements is wrong, but it is a matter of perspective, and perspectives, dear readers, can change for you depending on the context, your frame of mind, your situation in life. Who says that if you see the glass as half full today does not mean that you cannot see the glass as half empty tomorrow? Maybe you would, maybe you wouldn’t.
Coming back to where I began….another year is behind us and another year is ahead of us. The question is whether you want to look back and reminisce in nostalgia or look forward and see the frontiers that lie ahead. In my opinion, reflecting on the past is not wrong, but the past should be like that rear-view mirror in the car that you would look at every now and then to avoid any mistake. Rear-view mirror is there to guide you and let you know about the cars behind you and the pace at which they are coming, to ensure that you are not blocking someone’s way and to enable you to change lanes without harming yourself or someone else. However, you cannot drive a car and move ahead by just looking at the rear view mirror, but rather by looking ahead at the road, the signals, the signboards, the speedometer, the lanes…
2018 is that road ahead. Every day, every week and every month are those signals, those signboards and those lanes that you need to traverse to keep moving forward. There will be traffic in the form of distractions, things that will take away a lot of your time and slow you down but are not the ones helping you to move ahead. You will have to navigate through them, be patient yet firm with them, be willing to avoid them through alternative routes yet always remember that you cannot let go of them completely.
What is important is that on 31st Dec, 2018, when you look back from where you started and where you have come, that is the time you should reflect on your journey, feel proud of the distance you have traveled, the road blocks that you have overcome and once again say and say it proudly ‘Another year is behind us’.
Cheers to a great 2018. Let the road ahead lead to many milestones that you cross - slowly but surely.
