Personal sabotage,

I had a cold during the weekend and in a way I am glad that I am finally back to my old self and for a moment I forgot how it is to be just fine and healthy and so today I am in a thankful mood.

When I was getting to work this morning I remembered an incident that made me question the way we relate with others.

There was this gentleman who used to come to my place of work when I was relatively new there and he would nag me to go to see his house every time he came back, on a day that I was feeling very generous I agreed to go with a friend of mine and the only condition I asked was that no alcohol was served in his house.

On the material day, my beautiful friend and I were to go to his house and once he came to meet us at the allocated place, I introduced my friend to him and he looked very uneasy but I just put it down to general nervousness of a guy meeting a beautiful woman for the first time.

When we got to his house, a nice welcome had been made for us and plenty to eat and drink was available and some of his friends were around.

After refreshments we all got to sit and get to know each other and what I found suspicious is that the host kept adding water to his soda and when I asked for some that is when I found out that he was actually adding  an alcoholic drink to the soda, that broke my agreement with him.

That is the only condition that I had requested and to even make matters worse, he completely ignored me and concentrated on my friend. since I had already made my decision on where the relationship was going, I just decided to have a good time and we left with my friend at the end of the day.

My question to date remains, if he was interested to know me why would he sabotage the one chance that he got?

Happy New Year, 2012.

The beginning of the year is the most hopeful time; most of the folks that you talk to are so excited about the New Year that I am yet to meet someone who thinks that the New Year will be a bad one.

How can we make this New Year better than the previous one?

 By changing the way we act and learning from the mistakes that we made last year and trying our level best to be the best that we can be

As for me my only resolution this year 2012, is to be thankful for the little everyday things that I have taken so much for granted.

i)                    I am so thankful that I had a roof over my head last night and I woke up this morning without any kind of pain in my body.

ii)                   Thanks to the fact that I had food to eat and clothes to wear before I left home.

iii)                 Thanks to the fact that I can read and write and especially for the fact that I can use a computer.

iv)                 Thanks to the fact that I can see, hear, smell and move from one place to another.

v)                   I want to be thankful for sound mind and ability to handle a job with all its challenges.

These are the top five that I just picked right out of the hat, yes there will be challenges in the New Year but we are all equipped to handle one day at a time if we don’t carry the baggages of last year.

What is your desire for the New Year?