The Walk of Life

Christmas 2008 is gone and soon we are approaching the end of 2008! Ever since my last post, it had been a nightmare trying to go online! Apparantly our Service Provider said it was a Submarine Cable Fault which will be completely restored by 31st December! 2008 of course! Till then just reluctant to go online for it takes ages to load a page!

Lucky for me that tonight the speed is a bit better and I take this opportunity to write my last post for the year! Christmas for us was a very very quiet affair and we hardly went out except for some groceries shopping. Although it was quiet but I was kept rather busy helping rock and my daughter fix a thousand and one things!

Being quiet, I did a bit of pondering over world events and other things. To me the outlook for 2009 is rather gloomy! While the world celebrated the recent Christmas with familiar songs like Joy to The World; Silent Night and so much about Peace, the world around us is very very far from Peaceful!

Israel and Palestine started fighting again.

India and Pakistan are getting troops aligned at the borders.

Tamil Tigers bombing in Ceylon.

Talk of Recession literally every where.

So what can one expect in 2009? Wars and Rumours of War? Earthquakes and Natural Disasters? Outlook is rather bleak! On a personal level I had been pondering on some encouraging Words I read somewhere and would like to share with you and perhaps help to keep our smiles in the year ahead!

Personal :-

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.

A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.

You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself.

One thing you can give and still keep...is your word.

Work :-

Your mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.

If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.

One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.

Ideas won't work unless ' You' do.

If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.

Friends :-

The best vitamin for making friends..... B1.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late.

I don't want to let that happen so I am going tie you to my heart so I never lose YOU. May You, my friends, have a Purposeful, Successful and Joyful Year ahead in 2009! Blessings to All!