Blessings has been the theme of 2010 and what a way to start the year but in being reminded becauseyouonlyliveonce that it’s time to count your blessings twice-Once in the head and Once as you see in the words that comes from the bottomless pit that is our heart on this post.
1) You Never Know How Big A Difference You Can Make. But Just Do It Anyway.
If there was one thing I learnt this year, it was that you never know how much difference you could make. The results aren’t tangible and the the success isnt countable.But you do it anyway, staring sometimes into the long road not knowing where it leads to or if what you visualize in your mind will turn to reality. And that is faith. The ones that can move mountains and break down walls of doubt. That Full Assurance In The Heart that one act of love can truly move the person it touches into new worlds of possibilities. That the best investment you can give is not the ones you use money to buy or candlesticks to count. It is the power you can give others just by saying I BELIEVE IN YOU. YES YOU CAN. And that power is not in just the words that you say but the actions you inspire. That nudge into the unknown, that leap of faith, the very lessons that you teach. And above all, what makes the most difference aint really the lessons people learn from you or the words that you keep drilling upon them. People will forget all these but they will always remember how you made them feel. And when you make them feel awesome, they do awesome. Their awesome becomes their new average. Thank you @shuums@timsty@mahxueer@limhui@sophieleus@cheryl lim @tricia ang @terence low @jeremy lee @vivien tang @jeryn fok @mahesh for standing up each day to your true everyday greatness. You are an inspiration in my life. And to the many more who will follow these in the path of awesomeness, i am awed by your awesomeness and cant wait to see how all of you will change the world!
2) Your Gift could be your blessing or a curse. I choose to see it as A BLESSING.
Often I have received messages from friends on weekends who beckon me to stop working. Or sometimes a little voice in my head that tells me that my greatest fear is that i am inadequate. But truly, our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure – that we regret the things we didnt do and the opportunities that we didnt jump upon. And this year, i thank both God and the people around me for bestowing me with the blessings that accentuate my gift, for trusting me to deliver and for having faith in me even though i stumble sometimes. I do believe that the greatest gift you could ever get is the faith paid upon you. So thank you @vernie @ashlynes mother @gopal @natalie @shinuankoh @irene @jdlee @eileen @leonard for always believing that i can make a dent in the universe. And to @parents @friends of time immemorial like @weilipang and @melvinliu thanks for the never-ending support, faith and believe. I believe who i am today is because of how you made a differene in my life!
3) Every gift you get, pay it forward.
The difference between a present and a gift is that a present is something you can see with your own eyes, something you play with in the present, to maybe discard it when the next PSP coems out. A gift is something you cant get instant rewards with, you will have to do something with your gift to receive its true returns. Harry was given a wand. Edward and Lucy was given the kingdom. Eustes was given wings to fly and Ferguson and Mourinho football clubs. Look what they did with what they had.With every gift that you get, you may compel to give one back to the person who gave it to you. After all, aint life about exchange, transactions and the ill pay you back and i owe you one mindset. But life would be boring with the follow-the-crowd types. It has always been made more awesome by dare-to-be-different types. Steve Jobs did it with the iphone, Mark Zuckerberg with Facebook and Obama with the Presidency. So I ask of you to give gratitude where it’s do when you receive an intangible gift, a favour, a blessing. Then go out there and bestow it to as many people as you can. And ask them to do the same. Pay it forward. You never know what you will get back. This year, Ive learnt Ive got a lot more back in return. In fact, truly a lot more than I could ever ask for.
So as we step into the new decade, new challenges await us as new hope beckons. And with every challenge is an obstacle as with every new hope a dampener. Harry wouldnt be who he is without Voldermort and Eustes who he is without the dark mist. But just be like the sun. No matter how many bad things happen in the world each and every day, it rises up high up in the sky every waking day. You too have that choice to match the sun in rising up to life’s challenges.
Because you decide each day who you are and what you believe in. What you stand for and what difference you want to make. And true you may stumble sometimes, fall, crash. Face walls, obstacles and naysayers. But with every breath you take and every step you take you will come to know that although time flies, you are always the pilot. And that every second of every day you are given a second chance. To make a dent in the universe, change the world, plant a smile on someone’s face, leave every person and place better than you found it.
Happy Awesome 2011 everybody and this year dont just hope for awesomeness in all you do. Be the AWESOME you want to see in the world. Let YOUR AWESOME BE YOUR NEW AVERAGE.
With ELDD Coaches of 2011, I have already experienced that. Keep the faith as you Transform lives everyday.
