Stay Changed for a Change - deji Onadeko

Stay Changed for a Change.

This is officially my first write up for the year 2013, oh, I meant 2014. Come on spare me, we all make that mistake year in year out, that is mixing the years up at early point of the year. But then as the year slides to its very first quarter we are already familiar with the New Year. At this point already, everybody has recovered from the euphoria and malaria that comes with all the festivities, holidays and merry making.

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get used to the New Year which is normal, due to the natural adaptive nature of the natural man. Ironically though, humans fear for change, really, I think that’s what makes a new year a big deal. Because, for the last 365 days, they referred to the year in a particular way and periodically that has to change leaving the initial or former to forever never be seen except in memories and pictures. So then  as the year ends, people begin to slow down and ask themselves questions, checking if there’s something they missed out or not, then everybody gets for himself an appraisal, even companies begin to ask questions. When they realize pot holes, they try to fix it and when they cannot, they find solace in the fact that they can make changes in the New Year, then you begin to hear people talk about New Year resolutions, goals and all. Some find solace in feeling philanthropic so they give quite a lot, only that they probably never cared about nobody till the end of the year but now giving and smiling, apologies and remorse all in selfishness of inward satisfaction and an absorber to the “change” that beckons.

But it’ll soon end, we’ll as usual, adapt. And the New Year would just return to been another year. In fact so many resolutions don’t complete the first week of the year thoroughly fulfilled. The less privileged like the motherless baby homes, don’t get as much gifts as they got some weeks ago, at least not until the year ends again. I understand that that time of the year is referred to as the season of love and this time of the year feels the best to make adjustments to being a better person. But my argument is that life would just be a better place if we were just a little bit consistent with the love and the change. Why make all the vows to a character change or to dropping a habit or to re-vamping a part of your life that you lost with the last year and not even last the first quarter of the year before dropping all guards and discipline? I'll tell you what happens at the end of the year when all you do is make promises to yourself that you can’t keep. First, you end as almost the same person you started as, maybe even worse like your 2 bottles of alcohol which you promised to give up is now four per day, secondly, you loose your trust in the efficiency of a resolution and in possibilities of a fulfilled goal. This is where you begin to hear people say, “I don’t believe in resolutions joor” the truth is, they do, they just hate that they’ve never kept it over the years so they save themselves the stress of another heart break by just giving it up.

Alright, before my first 2014 article gets boring with length, let’s round up.

Many times we don’t bother writing this goals and resolutions down, but even the bible advices that we do. Habakkuk 2:2. Put them down in paper, it makes it more real than just a thought. Now having done that, pick it up right now as you read this, take a 30 second stare at it, take another 2 minutes to imagine how much of a better person you’ll turn  out to be if you can complete at least an 70-80% of all you that have written. Have you done that? Having done that, send a feedback message to me either on Bbm 236D288B, Text or Call– 07033336376, E-mail – dejionadeko@gmail.com, Twitter – @blogtolyfe or better still, just drop a comment below this.

On my next post I’ll be dealing with how we can make these goals work and more importantly how to set goals that work. But until then, do not hesitate to send feedback, the idea is to get us excited before getting us to commit. See you next time.