New year....new beginning?

Chinese New Year is still more than a month away. Awal Muharam is around the corner. So the new year that we are celebrating is 2007..

Made your resolutions yet? I actually tried to write mine down this year. It's supposed to be better that way. I guess that's true. Writing stuff down makes them a little clearer and in order.

Amazingly, I actually have tangible resolutions this year. Concrete. Achievable but a challenge nonetheless.

Harith will be turning 5 this month. Since one of my resolutions is to concentrate on the NOW (rather than dwell on the past and sigh on the future, duh!), I've planned to fill his days with exploratory activities. He's enrolled in Taekwando, swimming classes, music lessons and his regular kindi classes which now includes mandarin lesson over and above the computer and Iqra' classes that he's already signed up for. Harith is a ball of energy and seems to have an endless supply of it. He's thriving on all these activities and so far so good..

He's got a concert coming up at the end of the month at the Civic Center and I'll bet that will be a thrill to watch.

As for myself, I've been a little more adventurous.....trying new things and venturing into new territories. I'm both excited and a little apprehensive. I have been stuck in a rut and complacent for far too long. I have spent too much time in my comfort zone and been missing on too many opportunities.

This is the time. I am all set now for Hijrah. My seatbelts are buckled and I am ready to SOAR.....