Living tomorrow today!

As the year swiftly unfolds, the assignment is to live tomorrow today. The real hurdle on this pathway to success is balancing the drive, eagerness and will with patience as the most needed art. As the drive to move up, about and ahead gears up with eagerness, there is build up on excitement and the will to consistently do all that's needed for success along with patience. One word comes to mind readily – Deliberate. This is the mantra to identify and activate all the dreams, tasks, projects and visions all charted for the days, weeks and months ahead. 

Live tomorrow today deliberately!! And here goes the flow of poetry.  .  .  

I woke up this morning grouchily

Inching on to my routine rather slowly

There seems to be so much to look at

And so much more to work and drive at

So much to think and plan through

So many days seem to have seeped through

Couple of weeks already gone past

With sure more to come and pass

Thinking of leaving behind today

As I begin to live tomorrow today

Marching so unstoppable and freely

No particular direction and fiercely

Save for the direction and sail I set

And for the zest and energy I get

For the year of my dreams, I need signs

For the hopes unending I heave a sigh

I want to see indicators of the future fast

Leaving behind the fears of the past

Working at leaving behind today

As I begin to live tomorrow today

Moving out of solitude of uncertainty

Embracing the attitude of certainty

Bringing on the imagery of my spirituality

Matching it till it superimposes my reality

I choose to be demanding and firm on self

And I choose to be patient with self

In the mind of my eye and the eye of my mind

I see lofty heights, so high, so real in my mind

I choose to leave behind today

And I begin to live tomorrow today

~ Bamike Fadipe

Bankysanya: Life: A pen on paper

A reminiscence of this post ~ Bankysanya: Life: A pen on paper: Life has a way of giving one refresher courses so we can be reminded of its irreplaceable value, many opportunities to value life over and ...

"Life in this new year offers platform for prom

And an ample room to groom

Gives a lot of space to hover 

And a lot of pace to cover

Life is as rich as our hearts can wish

And as full as our will can reach"

                                     

                             ~Bamike Fadipe

So, set the sail, dream, hope, will, move, live and pray

Have the most remarkable and memorable year.

The making of the new year.

The year is gradually winding down and the new year waits with arms akimbo! This Christmas season must have been for me the most unusual. No Christmas decorations, no lightnings, no chicken slaying, no cakes and creams, no special rice combination cooking and all the 'accessories' that goes with party rice and the euphoria of yuletide season! To think that I missed all these without an iota of guilt is still amusing as I've had a handful of unprecedented events one after the other taking away the familiar and the usual. The current year has been particularly unusual too with so much ups and downs, really tough times laced with trimmings of good times, seasons of laughter and melancholy seasons, uncertain times and hopeful times, times of high and low energy. Despite all, it's still a privilege to be alive with hope for tomorrow and the morrow after which will then be the new year! The year winds down irrespective of the bliss, woes, gains or losses in 2016. 

The year 2017 will gallantly arrive and catch up without restraints. Last minutes preparation is not too late for an inevitable journey. The privilege to author our lives is inherent and cannot be taken away. It's time to do the unusual and forge on new terrains. Forget about all the goal setting classes that makes "new year resolutions" look so scary. Take a clean notepad, detail key areas of life, draw or create the imaginary and desirable pictures, acts and scenes of the new year. (The Quadrant below might be useful). 

The principle of life is first in, then out. So, it's critical to focus energy and investment on internal personal development as you cannot offer what you don't have. Then focus on the means to the end. It's important to have mental note of those dreams, goals, plans and visions and it's more important to take a further step to hold self accountable to those big dreams and plans by writing down note. Identify the aspects of life, the desired outcome and activities to be channeled for the end result. Keep it simple, draw three columns - one column for what you want, second for what you need and the third for what you need to do to get what you want or need in every aspect of life. Draw up a personalized plan and keep updating as the year progresses. 

This is not a time to guilttrip of what is not, what could have been or what should have been and all that. It's time to hop on the hope lane, stay aware, alive, agile and active to self, dreams and plans. It's not a time to stay on the usual path, doing what you know how to do best! No way! If that was not enough for 2016, then you need much more for 2017. The difference between where we are and where we are going is hidden in knowledge gap - "what we know and who we know"! It's time to dig the ground of knowledge, ask, explore, learn, know and seek wisdom like you wanna breathe!

The year 2017 is the now and so deserves so much! The new year will require the ability to discern what's needed for success; the determination to start on the dreams and plans no matter how big; the consistency to stay true from start to finish; the serenity to adapt to shortcomings whenever they surface and the tenacity to stay active and agile on the dream 2017 from January to December and beyond. Wishing you the most interesting journey in 2017 and a year filled with achievements, bliss, fortune, hope, opportunities, wealth and good success.