U-Hoo!

2014 Calendar by Piotr Siedlecki

You were meant to take first steps in a bold new direction and make waves. 

You were meant to use your imagination in new ways.

You were meant to understand humility is love, humiliation is anger and challenge is opportunity.

You were meant to choose a vision based on your priorities.

You were meant to delight with your uniqueness– there being only one of you.

You were meant to love and be loved.  I love you.

You were meant to live life on many dimensions and understand that serendipity will be a part of it.

You were meant to appreciate that everything is potentially a gift, sometimes this gift is time.

You were meant to grow into the person you are ultimately destined to be. And to give yourself a lifetime of chances to do it.

You were meant to slip through the shackles of your fears and inhibitions to pursue what you are afraid of and think is beyond you.

You were meant for the burst of energy that comes from a passionate purpose.

Have you heard of The Paradoxical Commandments? You were meant to live by them, maybe.  Mother Teresa did. They were written by a college sophomore.

You were meant to accept wisdom from any source – understanding wisdom is timeless and ageless.  The Parables were uttered by a man in his 20’s.  The Four Noble Truths by a Man in his early 30’s, the Koran by a man in his early 40’s.

You were meant for the mindfulness that comes from growing wisdom.

You were meant to look at each New Year as a new emergence from the womb of life and to feel its newness course through your veins.

Every day is a chance to live a new day.  As we usher in a new year, let us remind ourselves of the unlimited choices we have.

According to the Chinese Horoscope, 2014 is the Year of the Horse.  But we can declare 2014 to be whatever we want it to be.  We could declare it The Year of Human Potential.  Tell everybody you know 2014 is the Year of Human Potential.  You may ask, “Minoo, how is The Year of Human Potential going to happen? Who is going to do anything about it?”. The answer is in the headline of this post: U-hoo! You – that’s who!

As always thanks for reading and have a great day.  And oh yes, when the ball drops at midnight on December 31,2013, don’t forget to think of me. I’ve made up a rhyme to help you remember:

Drink hot coffee (Starbucks or Madras coffee)

Drink hot tea (Green, Orange, Black, Chamomile)

Watch the ball drop (in Times Square of course).

And don’t forget to think of me!

Just kidding.  Wishing each and every one of you a great 2014.