Be Grateful
REMEMBER
It has become a norm that at the beginning of every new year people make new resolutions. This are plans that all wish to fulfill at the end of each year. I personally made plans like taking care of my health better by joining a gym, furthering my studies and writing my fifth book. I planned to travel and visits other countries. How many of my wish list did I achieve is a good question. More often than not come mid-year not even half of the planned activities have been achieved due to many different reasons. Like everyone I had my plans for 2024 but an unplanned family situation arrived. I had to take a child care responsibilities for a minor who had relocated from one province to mine. This changed my priority list to now focus on helping her adapt to the new environment, new language, new school and help settle and make new friends. It was such a difficult task to adjust to all this new changes especially that I had to help with homework. Now I had to re-prioritize and cancel some of my plans.
REFLECT
As they say, "time doesn’t wait for
anyone", I was like "where did the year 2024 went so quick?" I looked back
to analyze if I achieved my goals. I released that despite being side tracked
to attend to my grand daughter’s educational needs there are positive
things that I achieved. I build new relationships with teachers, parents
and some learners she made friends with. I grew in knowledge and
lessons learned especially due to the research I did for her school
work. I became technologically advanced and now know how to use
different search engines. Fear and anxiety of learning new things nearly
disturbed my focus in my main purpose but I decided to continue despite
challenges. The challenges I experienced at the beginning taught me to be resilient, focused and take challenges as opportunities.
As a transformational coach, I always advice my clients to never loose focus of their identity and purpose, but adapt to their plans. My vision is to empower women globally to be the best version of themselves before the world told them who to be. I would have given up due to doubt and fear; I had to acknowledge the problem, reset my mind and see the bigger picture
PAUSE
Psalm 46:10 ( NIV) Be still and know that I am God
It is always important to pause and allow your mind to reset, see clearly and take informed decisions. I also took some time off to pause, I analyzed the demands of the task I’m about to take, I had to face the fear and anxiety of the unknown. At the same time I reaffirmed my purpose. I was happy I found my God given purpose and I am not letting it go because of a temporary situation. I now believe that nothing is impossible with God. Despite all this new responsibilities I continued hosting successful women's global events.
RECOVER
Philippians 4:4-8KJV Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
December is the time of giving and appreciating the goodness of the Lord. My family has established a tradition of gathering on Christmas day to give thanks, give presents and share a meal together in laughter. It is in the spirit of Love that we are lifting a toast wishing each other a blessed New Year, Mercy and Grace. This is my story of encouragement to help someone to reflect, Pause and reset. Look at disruption of your plans as an opportunity to learn and grow. I will always use every opportunities given to inspire, uplift and empower women across the globe through hosting summits and sharing knowledge though my books resource found on this
platform.
Article By: Diana Sekwaila
Wishing you a prosperous year ahead- Diana
Acknowledgement
I would like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge Deryn Van Der Tang who inspired me to be grateful, take the good, bad and ugly as opportunities. Here is the link to Deryn’s article below: