We were all full of enthusiasm as we began the year 2022. Wishes for good health, good fortune, a better job, better income came flying in from every direction. We received them in the excitement of the year’s first days.
As though to add another layer of security, we ourselves took on certain commitments, such as losing weight, saving better and travelling. Aware of our human condition as mere mortals, we did not fail to hand certain files over to the supreme being. Under that heading, we were thinking of having children, of having a girl or a boy for those who already have some, or of coming through surgery successfully.
To the best of our ability, we gave everything to accomplish each of those aims or to reach each of those objectives. The sad reality is that some have got there, and others, thirty (30) days from the end of the year, still have requests they are addressing to the Most High, to the hierarchy or simply to other people. Another part of the population, dispirited, disappointed, frustrated and resigned, has given up on everything and fallen into the monotony of days that pass and resemble one another. Alas!
My message for you is a message of hope. We are living through hard times, in which it is an effort to go on keeping faith or simply believing. We refuse to keep faith because we had faith and we prayed throughout the previous eleven (11) months without success. We cannot even manage to believe any more, because we believed and we were disappointed.
Over the three hundred and thirty-five (335) days gone by, almost nothing happened the way we had planned. And yet, over the next thirty (30) days, you still have the chance to make a difference. You must keep hope and hold your head high. Only the people who believe can scale mountains and go and seize victories. Even though the end of the year is near, remember that every year that begins is like a new start to a match (zounon.ca). Our responsibility is to give everything and to expect an abundant harvest.
Over the next thirty (30) days, take it upon yourself to make a difference in lives, to have an impact on the daily life of a loved one or of some random person. Remember that you are no longer today where you were at the beginning of this year. Call back to mind the fire that drove you at the start of the year when you were drawing up your resolutions. Become aware of your strengths and realize that if you have made it through the year despite all those vicissitudes, it is because your role remains useful and decisive; better still, no one but you can carry out this mission. Find your path and turn your gaze towards the future.
Step out of your house and go and meet that man your heart beats for.
Write that letter and send it to your boss to let him know what you would like him to change in his leadership.
Join that association and start breathing life into your social engagement.
Take a portion of your income and choose an orphanage where you will offer clothes to the children.
Call your former best friend and tell her how you have been feeling ever since that distance grew up between you.
Make an effort to grieve that loved one you have lost, or that relationship that is harming you.
Get in touch with that friend who betrayed your trust and let him understand that the hatred is gone, even if you would rather the two of you kept your distance.
And, most important of all, treat yourself. Give yourself a spa day, even on your own, and spend time with yourself. You have given so much this year and it is time to think of yourself. You deserve it!
Over the next thirty (30) days, you can still change things and finish the year on a positive note. You will be surprised by all that it is possible to do in thirty (30) days. And above all, remember that the most important thing is the process. Take pleasure and give pleasure!
M. Z.
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