Goodbye 2012

The South Africans call it "Totsiens", the Japanese call it "Pirkano paye yan", the Italians call it "Ciao", the French call it "Aurevoir" the spanish call it "Adios"...Yorubas say "Ó dá bó", Igbos say "Ka odi" Hausas say "Sai an jima". We all say "Goodbye!" Oh yeah...goodbye to 2012, goodbye to all the tears shed in the 12th year of the second millennium on planet earth. Goodbye to the sorrows, heart-breaks and disappointments. As a nation in general and an individual we have been through a lot this year. Starting from our national New Year's package, the removal of fuel subsidy to the bombs dished out to hapless citizens to the Dana crash, a national tragedy and the recent death of top government officials. We have experienced ups and downs, surprises, shocks, dissapointments,frustrations, experienced great miracles and of course, imprinted in our hearts, in the sands of time of juggling memories are blueprints of laughters of loved ones, infectious smiles and funny moments. For some, 2012 was a year of fulfillment and ground breaking successes while for some, it was an unfortunate year of mishap and bad luck, but as a great man once said: The most pathetic man on earth is the man who falls and refuses to get up; the man who falls into a river and drowns not because he fell but because he made no effort to swim out. We may have made irreversible mistakes and committed unforgivable sins, but I tell you, It isn't over. Life has presented you once again with a chance to rise up against storms of discouragement and make a change...It's time to re-write history! All you have to do is pick up your pen, get your diary or notepad and write something you would really like to change in your life. Put it in prayer be you a christian or muslim, back it up with unrelentless and steadfast faith and you are one way closer to your dream. Martin Luther King Jnr. Once said," you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step in faith". Faith makes all things possible, Love makes all things easy, Hope makes all things work and Prayer makes all things happen...you can makes things happen this new year, it starts with U! Go out there and show the world what you've got... Happy New Year!!!