Editorial: Move your lives to become better

Goodbye year 2017 and welcome year 2018… with what resolutions in our lives now? Would it be better or bitter? It could be better if we grab the opportunities for growth or we thrive more to be better. It could be bitter if we fail in our dreams. But what we want to aspire should be self-driven if given the right environment for the better.

For the youths, investment starts when entering into collegiate battle… education as a tool for acquiring skills for productivity and self-development before plunging to family life. Marriage should not be a hasty move since couples have to prepare for the ties that bind. Hence, the youths should grab the educational access afforded them by the government and other benevolent organizations. For the would-be retirees, they have to look into further investments for the twilight years and remain stable, utilizing the resources available if they have the accumulated savings. Life is a cycle and we have to squeeze into the stages to be comfortable and secure in the long stretch.

       

What are in store for us this year really depend on the drive of individuals or families. Consciousness of the family life cycle or stages would enable everyone to make the necessary struggles to provide the essentials to keep pace with comfortable living and satiate the fundamental needs. Each cycle or stage in life is indeed a struggle to fill the gaps of basic living so as not to suffer deprivation. To surrender in challenges is not an option but a defeat to oneself unless one is barred from his/her rights to self-existence. While the government is mandated to promote the common good and provide the vital services, individual pursuits and conviction are still the drive that make a person. The need for achievement could be the prime movant or motivation to realize the dreams or the meaning of true existence.

       

The year and those years that passed are memoirs of our life’s pace. What happened or what we had done yesteryears give us the stature of what we could be today. One thing is certain… we still continue the journey for another year and years to come. We could be much better if we want it to be but bitter if we lose the struggle because of one’s fault. But who’s fault is it?... let’s ponder on the question and make the right move to make amends.

       

Resolutions guide us to make us worthy yet these have to be liven up. Wake up and do the driving. Welcome the new year with the promise of becoming better and not bitter in the end. Accept the reality of struggle and be in the apex of what you can reach for in the end is self-fulfillment. Each one of us has his/her own gift for oneself and the family depending on how we drive our lives. But do not forget to reach out to others… the significant others can be the conduit of one’s fruitful life.

       

More so… pray for God’s grace

Move your lives!