2009 has since left us. There were memories and events that we simply wanted it to be repeated whilst some we hopefully wished that it should not reoccurring again this year! As a human being, we could only planned what we desire, but we could not actually knows what will be happening in the near future. Least that we could do is to take all the necessary precautions to prevent “undesirables” from taking shapes.

As for me, 2009 has been one of the most challenging years. Out of 100% that I’ve planned, only 60% has been fulfilled.  The remaining 40% will not be trashed, but we be listed again this year and will be rated as the immediate tasks that I must achieved this year.

Everyday we are trying very hard to make a difference in one’s life. Be it our life, our life partner, our family, our colleagues, our friends, and to those whom we get acquainted too. Along the way, we are going to face many obstacles, hindrances, etc… and in order to achieve it, we have no choice but to either go through it, bash through it, overcame it or we are going to face these same problems yearly without failed.  I’m not saying that once we go through it, we are not going to face it again! We still have to undergo it but with different level of difficulties.

Once there was a wise man who loved to take an early morning stroll along the beach.  On one of the days, he saw what appeared to be a young man dancing. He really wanted to know what was the young man doing and approached him. “Why are you dancing on the beach at this such hour?” The young man replied, “I am not dancing. I am throwing starfish into the sea. If I do not do it, these starfish will die when the sun comes up.” The wise man then advised the young man, “But young man, you are wasting your time.  There are thousands of miles of beaches and millions of starfishes, and I can be sure that you can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man did not immediately reply to the wise man. He took a deep breath. He continued picking up another starfish from the beach and threw it into the sea and said, “It makes a difference to that one.”

We definitely cannot touch everyone’s life and make changes, but we can actually touch and change our own life and those around us! How can you make a difference in your work, your business, your surroundings and in your life?

Talk soon,

Jailani