Dear friend,
A few weeks after happily
welcoming baby Dylan home, my friend Edwin celebrated the first Christmas as a father. Elsewhere, for the first time,
three months after his wedding, another friend, Michael, spent his first
Christmas as a married man. Separately, miles away, after about two years in
what she felt was being out in the wilderness working in a distant and remote town,
another mutual friend, Catherine, celebrated what must be her best Christmas
ever in her new position as Project Assistant for a leading multinational
company.
For each of these people,
these events that took place this year- the birth of a new baby, marriage and
finding new employment- came with new responsibilities. If they haven't already
presented challenges, these new roles will do so in the New Year. Edwin , the
proud father, knows that he will have to contend with waking up on many nights
to tend to a crying baby. As a responsible father and husband, he knows that
with a growing family, he now has to set the bar a little higher, to provide
the comfort he would wish for his little son and his lovely wife.
Michael, the happy
husband knows that after taking a most sacred vow, he will have to work on his
marriage every minute of every day. He knows that inevitably, there will be
fights, sometimes about the same things.
He is also aware that sometimes, even when he is right, he will have to
back down and apologize to his beautiful wife. He knows that for better, for
worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, he has to love and
cherish Shirleen till death do them part.
On the other hand,
Catherine, the new kid on the block, knows that in her new position, she must
work very hard if she is to earn her stripes. She knows that she will have to
deal with a new and diverse group of people, integrate herself as best as she
can into the organization, while at the same time delivering the best results
upon which she will be judged. She has proved herself a number of times before
and now she must do it again!
It is ordinary people
with ordinary lives such as Edwin, Michael and Catherine (not their real names), who
I proudly celebrate this year and who I dedicate the year 2013 to. I also
dedicate the New Year to scores of others who like them, have stayed the course
and are making progress. I dedicate it as well to those who continue to work
diligently and who in the process, have made great strides on the path of duty.
I dedicate it to the single mother who is
raising her daughter alone but who does her best to make sure that that her
little girl gets the best education possible, as well as to the young doctor,
who after years of sacrifice, knows that he must take his current situation in
stride if he is to break through the ‘glass ceiling.’ These people though faced by different
challenges, are united in the belief that although the road may be long and
treacherous, they must set off, if the
destination is to be reached.
I dedicate it to you and
you and you, whose story may never be written, whose face may never be on TV
and who may never be recognized for your effort to improve both your life and
the lives of those around you, but who in the New Year, will continue to do
what you must, to secure the future! God Bless You and Happy New Year!!!
Yours truly,
Maroa
What are your hopes for the coming year, 2013? What would you do differently in your life? What would you not change?
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