So, another year is passing, and another one is coming. As I look back upon the years since I’ve graduated, it just occurred to me how fast things have been moving, while I still seem stuck in the slow lane. I’ve seen friends come and go in that period. I’ve seen friends finding love, getting married, having kids. I’ve seen friends progressing in their career. Many questions to ask myself…

2011 was a year that started with so much hope, but is ending with much soul searching and unfulfilled expectations. Over this year I’ve ridden my fair share of frustrations – with people in particular. I’m guilty of obsessing over something that I should have let go, but I held on for some reason which I still struggle to understand. 2012 will be a new start in this respect. I’ve let emotions overtake my decisions in a lot of cases. I’ve struggled to muster the courage to do something I’ve put my thoughts on doing as a resolution for this year, and that is one huge failure I can’t get over with. I have seen opportunities pass and my lack of initiative has let me down.

But I guess I can take some positives too from the year. I did some things which I was not confident of doing before, and that was confronting in itself. I took the discipline to start a fitness regime which by now I feel is a successful venture. I manage to secure a place of my own. I dare say I kept in touch with some very dear and cherished friends. And I did get to know new people. It’s such a cliché to say that we tend to look and compare at what others have and complain about what we lack in comparison. But if I’m honest with myself I will have to say that I have been so richly blessed with a supportive family, a stable job, a good health for myself and family and freedom to do whatever I want in this marvelous and most livable city. Where God guides, He provides sufficiently.. Thanking God for the many blessings (and lessons) of 2011, and looking forward to a better 2012!