The year is about to end and just thinking about it stirs up a mixture of emotions in me. There’s some hint of sadness and regret over some of my unmet goals and plans (sigh) but on the other hand, I am hopeful and excited for what the coming year has to offer (yey!) and very much thankful for this year – for the many realizations, discoveries and challenges, the ups and downs that happened.
We’re about to meet the year 2008 and let go of 2007, and I’m again reminded about time as something that we have no control of and yet it is given to us freely and equally.
My own flawed efforts at time management have taught me two important things:
- to be flexible enough to meet the surprises and unpredictability each moment brings, and
- to be patient enough when going through life’s different seasons.
I do have some goals in mind for the coming year and one of them is to manage my time the best I can.
Here’s a piece of ancient wisdom about time which I’d like to share with you as food for thought:
“There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Here's to a prosperous and grace-filled New Year for all of us! 
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