Each year, everyone celebrate this, the New Year. And by the end of a year, each one of us comes with the same question, “what I have done this year?” Some of us feel blessed, happy or disappointed.
Just a few days ago, I went back home from the office with my friend by train. A minute before we separated, he told me that at the end of each year he felt disappointed for not having any achievement.
Just before saying that question, he told me some stories of his friend big successes. One of his friends is now pursuing PhD in the
I thought that was a quite kicking question. Then as he left me, I had been thinking of the same thing, “what I had done this year?”
After wondering myself, then I came up with this thought.
When we think about an achievement, perhaps, we usually come up with the same conception that it should be something big. Well, I said, definitely it should not always be that way….
An achievement is every single thing that we have done toward a progress. It isn’t necessarily big, enormous, tremendous or excellent. It should be very personal and detail.
Achievements, just to mention a few, are to be able for not coming late at the office as well as for not coming late at home; to replace the baby’s diapers better; to generate and donate more money for other people, even tough it was just a penny; to attend friend’s wedding more frequent than the previous year; to organize files better; to call parents more frequent; to wake up earlier; and to park car better.
‘Big Achievements’ of course are really tempting. Unfortunately, the fact is, not everyone could have such a big achievement. Considering this; there are only small numbers of positions available for high ranking officials; not everybody have adequate spare time spent to write a books. Therefore, achievement itself needs specific and special circumstances. That is why not every one could achieve it.
Despite focusing on such big achievements, why don’t we take a look at to our ‘small’ achievements which we really need a lot of efforts to achieve it? I am sure, putting back book we read to its book-case is not an easy job for those who are used to put their book at any places. So, I believe, putting back book to its case after reading it is an achievement.
If we are willing to be more attentive, focus and appreciative to our small achievements, we will always be grateful for every years that we had passed through. Moreover, we definitely will always be thankful to God for every ‘little’ thing He gave.
Well then, happy New Year! Wishing us all the best for this coming year, 2012!
