What More Can You Ask For The NEW YEAR?

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What More Can You Ask For The New Year?

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In a few days, the year 2019 is about to end.

Like all of us, we all look forward to a better and prosperous new year - 2020.

As we all anticipate the new year, let us ponder over the meaningful and memorable events that have transpired in our lives during the year 2019.

People (photo credit)

People cross your paths daily.

We tend to remember significant people who have one way or the other influenced our perceptions of life.

Whether these people were good to us or not so good, we all learn from these people's experiences.

it has been a year since I had moved back to the pacific islands of the Philippines, the process of settling down with the environment was an experience. I had to re-establish myself in the system and in the process, I have met new faces.

In the process, I had dealt with a mix of genuine, sincere people and the type whose true color appeared with the tendency to take advantage.

We learn to accept that the people mix cannot be perfect.

We will remember people who have inspired all of us through their work, deeds, and accomplishments while we also avoided destructive and negative people that can ruin our daily lives.

The effect of social media in today's lives is staggering. Through social media, we have noticed people who tend to be more interested in themselves through all their selfies.

Some had to carelessly take their selfies to the extreme that resulted in their untimely demise.

Their social posts kept us entertained and it was like reading through their private lives. Matters that should remain private are being shared with the public that should not be the case.

We have experienced people go. Some suddenly leave us without any warning. Family, friends, or even a neighbor who was just seen the other day suddenly passed on and left us.

In February of this year, I lost an older brother who had visited the United States to spend the 2018 Christmas holidays with his family. Unexpectedly he passed on in the US due to illness.

Our social media can sometimes be like the obituary. We can be caught unprepared to know of the passing of relatives, friends, and acquaintances through the news feed.

The fact that all of us will also leave this world can remind us that what matters most is how we all live our present lives, enjoy whatever we have in life, and stop dwelling on our worries about the past and the future.

We all live only once in this wonderful world, so let us start living the present and be more grateful for what we have and for the people around us.

Moral Lesson:

Always appreciate the good
people around us that are always ready
to help us make our lives more meaningful...

Avoid toxic and negative people

that are always interested in their

welfare and not yours....and will enjoy your failure...

Work Place (photo credit)

Many, like you, are investing many years of their precious and productive lives in their respective workplaces. Your workplace is actually your second home.

Most like you may have succeeded in being resilient in their workplaces despite the daily grind and mishaps.

We have learned a good lesson to be less ideal and be fewer perfectionists within our workplaces. Would you agree? This issue can be frustrating if we insist to expect much from our workplaces.

Like you, I came to realize for the nth time, that we really cannot expect many changes to happen within our workplaces. Top management is also not perfect.

I believe that as long as we have tried our very best in improving the quality and the delivery of our work, this is more than enough.

Having a work-life balance has its benefits. We must learn to enjoy and maximize our private time with our families and friends. A lot of people are failing on this aspect.

Unreasonable workaholics will attempt to remedy a volatile situation when it is already too late to mend broken relationships.

We can make sacrifices for the sake of our love for our work, but not to take for granted the people around us to the point of compromising relationships.

Moral Lesson:

We all learn to have a more

positive attitude and sharper perspective in our workplaces.

Making sure relationships are not to be compromised.

Home (photo credit)

We all sacrifice and work hard to have and maintain a wonderful home.

With this year's Christmas holiday, I had the chance to stay home most of the time (avoiding the stressful crowd and traffic). I had the chance to watch from a youtube channel about the homeless that live in the streets, cars, and motor homes.

A serious social problem no longer exists in third-world countries but surprisingly also within developed western countries.

Surely, you also have noticed this serious social problem around you.

We must appreciate the fact some of us are blessed with roofs on our heads that protect our families from the elements. It does not really matter whether our home is a villa, a palace, or a small home.

We can notice a lot of big and beautiful houses but are found to be empty in terms of people and happiness.

Moral Lesson:

Let us not take our homes for granted.

We are blessed with our home surrounded by love and family,

including our beloved pets.