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It's been 2017 and a fresh new year for sometime now, however it doesn't really feel like a new year as in a new resolution, a new me or a new anything for that matter. It's quite funny and ironic how people pray that a number is going to be that marker of their lives, how a number can change their lives to the better, to the worse of simply stay as it is. Praying to a number to give you the best you ever deserved or the best you've ever wanted is never going to happen, reality speaks harsh but it's the truth. Several times across twitter, I can across this face-slamming quote said by one of my followers, he simply said "If you want anything from 2017, then don't ask it, ask Allah." because it's true. I wonder if I ask my journal to help me publish my book, would that happen? Ha, not at all.
You see, you are given a whole new opportunity every single day to do the best you can and change whatever you want to change every day, what else more do you want? Personally speaking, it's just a huge blessing for me to get a chance to wake up the next morning and live up my new opportunity to the best I can because unlike some portion of the population, they weren't given this second chance at all. A new year is simply another wake up call for you to make a difference, but it's not the motive to do so, because just like the last year if you start setting up resolutions but not really convinced by them and simply not wanting to change the way you think, then why waste and write a plan? There is no harm in writing a plan, the problem is simply within you, yourself. Change the way you think, change the way you see the world and change your routine for a better version of yourself, take that step with strict determination and passion and you're going to see that it's not really the new year that's bringing the best in you, it's simply you bringing the best in yourself, isn't that beautiful? Yes, I bet it is.
If you really want to see how useless your resolutions are when you want everything in the world but you're there sitting on the couch facing your laptop, then take a moment to look at the people working in the market in your district, or the people working at Malls, where you spend most of your time, hopefully not. Not any workers, but the ones focused on cleaning, trash emptying and all that work you disregard, they are the ones knowing how to make the best of their day, when you look at them, they simply live the worst life from your perspective, but how do they still have the energy and courage to give you smile? It is those people that despite the hell they're going through, that give you the smile are said to be the strongest, happiest and bravest.
Do not disregard your blessings and be ungrateful, because what you have at the moment, has been lost by someone else, someone else prayers to go back in time and thank Allah for all that's been given to them, just because they forgot to be thankful, forgot to enjoy that moment where they had it all because they were busy wanting more, it's okay to want more, but it's not okay to forget what you have, what your blessed with, what's around you at this very split moment, all it takes is being thankful and grateful.
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