2008 resolutions

It's a new year now and as I ponder over what's going to be in store for me, it's tough not to remember the really eventful 2007.

2007 was pumped with "adrenaline" with all the new explorations that led to "new eyes" and a new mind to the little snippets of my life. Swooning with all these as I move into 2008, the year is looking like a blank paper, waiting to be written on...what can I put in this year to make it a special year with more new things or inspiration? With this, I'm prompted to "hold in my reins" and take some time to settle down and slowly consider the aspects of my life to work on. With Beatles playing in the background I pen thee...

For my spiritual life, even as I'm typing this post, I just realised how things work out with GOD's plan. This year has been dedicated as the Year of Sabbath (for my church) and I realised that this really applies to me. Even beginning this post with "holding in the reins" is in line with the theme of the year. And I also realised that my decision to set aside at least half a day each month since June for a personal Sabbath now seem to have been preparing me for this year ahead (although I've not been carrying it out much). So what's the sabbath? It's not just about resting (too much resting can make you lethargic), but it is also taking a step back to reflect, remember, restore & rebuild too. So yes, I must fully carry out my half-day thingy. Another would be to be more disciplined in my devotional time (ok, I make this resolution every year, but somehow...*sheepishly guilty*). Maybe more things will be revealed to me as yet in this area.

Music-wise, having passed through the exploratory, trial & error stage (not that I would stop this), it's time to "consolidate" and think of what the exposure will bring. I hope this year will bring more inspiration to my heart. Would love to write more worship songs, especially at least 1 Chinese song. I realised my worship songs seem to have a recurring theme, so maybe I'll work along those lines. Of course, also to finish up my other "half-songs", though I do find that the tunes don't sound so satisfactory. Maybe should start them anew. With my new Mac, should try out making new stuff too.

Well, career-wise, it's really not determined by me. I did choose this path, but in terms of progression, no matter how one strives in a certain direction, it still boils down to who your boss is. But I do hope that with me being on the professional development programme will help me in some way progress in the subject area I've chosen (ok, this is not exactly a resolution...just hope)

For sports, I do want to train up on one thing for my fencing - accuracy. Think I've got the footwork almost there, but I always miss the target & lose a point coz my accuracy's not there.

As it is, being human is to err but there's no excuse to improving one's character. Unfortunately, I sometimes find myself a little critical & mean. I think I became so after I started work. No more the "innocent" outlook to life and have forgotten my philosophy/belief that there must be at least 1 good point in each one of us for ain't we GOD's creation? So my philosophy was to focus on the good point(s) of the person and one would be less critical & biased towards the person...should be less judging of anyone especially if it's someone you've not interacted with and there's only been hearsay.

Something that I must complete this year is my Dream Book. It is actually a blank notebook that my pastor gave last year to jot down our dreams (although now I've been informed she's going to give us one notebook each year...will use the rest for other things). Anyway, this will be a book that will document my dreams of what I hope to achieve in my life, which includes music, ministry, etc. Right now, I've only written the (inspirational) foreword...after 1 year?! Yup, so I've got to get down to writing down my dreams...though I need to get some inspiration for some insightful write-up. It's not just about listing the dreams (which one can do anytime & I've already done so), but it will give the rationale, background, updates, etc. so that when I go back to it in future, there is some relational/reflective perspective to it.

Well, that's all for now...think that's a lot already?