The Resolution

The new year is once again upon us and a dear friend of mine, we will call him Track was telling me that it is just another day for him. That he doesn’t need the hype of the new year to inspire him to be the best that he can be because he has 365 days of the year to do that. It got me thinking….

We do have all these days during the year to improve our lives, become better people and kick that tik habit we so wanted to on that birthday we missed because we were too high to remember and the wife and kids left to. We have so much time yet when the New Year rolls in we want to make promises to ourselves that the year will be better than the one before. I am all for change but don’t you think that if we did so badly want to change we would have done it the year before or the year before. I know this first hand because year after year I promise myself, never again. Or I am going to get out of this dead end relationship or quit smoking and my favourite… Spend more time on becoming a better person. Yet year after year I just never get to it. Even though it is symbolic. A New Year means change and beginning. It means you can start afresh with new ideas and a lighter load. But for some reason to follow through is always an issue. The tik just seems to fall in your lap and the more you really want to not swear at the oomie in the Hilux bakkie, the more he seems to want to piss you off by driving like a…. That thing! So we fall into old habits and your dreams for the new year fall at the way side. We forget the self promises and most importantly i think we just become worst. Yes we do. You swear more in traffic, refuse to give up your dagga habit and start smoking rocks instead and you know that you told yourself you will get out but you stay because you feel you have to. Human Nature as they say. Well I say bull!!! We do all these things and stick to old habits because we are afraid of change. You are afraid of how great you will be if you do quit sniffing glue and if you do step out of that abusive relatioship. You dont see it but subconciously you know it as well as the people around you. We are afraid of greatness. We don’t do it on purpose, it just happens but the thought of being all you can be is scarey. It is like walking on hot coals. Jy weet goed dit gaan brand!!! So instead so believing in mind over matter you stay on the side lines and watch. We sit on the bench not because there is no hope but because we choose to sit on the bench, just like we choose to just accept what life gives us and not ask for more. Life is as fair as you want it to be. If you ask for a tiny little bit, that is what you will get. If you ask for all you deserve in your heart , mind, body and soul. Then my friend, that is exactly what you will get. Not because God gives more to his favourites but because: Ask and you shall Receive. Now if you’re not Christian the same goes to you. Put it out there and it will come back to you. You can’t sit around and wait for a miracle to fall into your pocket, you have to go out there and take it. Nothing for mahala. Nothing.

I used to think that if I prayed hard enough God would listen and send whatever I needed to me. hardie buddy! It aint gonna happen. You have to help yourself to. I want a car… So what are you doing to get that car? I want a new job? Have you bought the paper lately? You have to put it out there but you have to work for it too. I know an amazing group called Titus Track. Very new but if you require further info as to where to get Paragon’s cd please feel free to drop me a message and I will forward the relevent details to you( this can be seen as free advertising, lol. But trust me it is worth the money spent. Their music is fresh and if you know what it feels like to be ignored and treated like you don’t exist then Invisible Man is your track) These guys are inspirational. They wanted to make music that spoke to the heart and soul but they didn’twant to do it main stream. So what did they do. Yes! They prayed and went out and did everything themselves. Nothing short of amazing. And believe you me, with a bit of prayer and motivation to put it out there and go for it, you wll all be hearing alot more from them:)

So now that we have establish what needs to be done, are we going to do it? No we not! But I want to encourage all my Bruin Ou’s to make it your personal mission to achieve those goals you set out for yourself. And yes, it is just another day, another number but make it a personal thing. Keep the promises to yourself for the new year and be more than you ever expected to be. My list has been drawn up in my mind and I will pray and go get what i want. It is hard but if we decide to put one foot in front of the other, who knows what we can achieve? Release a cd without the help of a ” big player” producer, just you, you brother and a few friends, maybe actually get that manager position you applied for and maybe, just maybe, give Mr. Obama a run for his money. All things are possible if we just take the time to take a leap of faith in the dark. Life is all about taking a chance on you. Believing in the near impossible and saying: ” I can do all things!” I know it is not easy because I am on this journey with you. But I will keep you posted on my progress and I hope you will keep me posted on yours. I want to tell you how bad a time I am having trying to quit smoking and if I fail i will still let you know. I would not have failed, just figured out a few ways how not to try to quit smoking. So my peeps, let’s do this and be all we can be because nothing in life is harder that being who you are but working towards greater things.

I will leave you with no words of motivation, only this. Believe in your ability to succeed.

Have a great New Year ouens. Tweede!!!