GOOD BYE 2013, WELCOME 2014!

2013 just like any other year is history. For some it was a year they wish they would never have an encounter with but while others would continue to cherish the memories it brought them.

What is it that you would have loved to accomplish that you could not in 2013? Write a book, cook a delicious meal, get a job, get married or better still do something crazy.

I know you might have heard the saying “once there is life there is hope”.

 Absolutely; if you have ever failed at something before, a task or an examination then the above saying should make a lot of sense to you.

However 2013 was without a challenge hence the good, the bad and the ugly side of it but 2014 promises to be far too better.

The 2012 presidential election petition by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) which took more than three quarters of 2013 to be successfully adjudicated over and many other happenings both local and abroad have also pencilled their names in history.

Well, while others vehemently opposed the rationale behind the petition, I personally believed and still do that it was never Ghana’s day of shame but of fame.

The 2012 election petition did not only consolidate our democratic gains over the years but it also help in proving a point or two to the outside world that yes indeed the black man is capable of managing his own affairs.

There were notable deaths of some prominent personalities of the African continent: Chenua Achebe, Prof. Kofi Awoonor, and Nelson Mandela among others just to mention a few.

As a country we have had our challenges politically, economically and socially.

Many admissions by our political leaders on various platforms point to the fact that they were not oblivion of the complaints of the masses.

Personally what were your won setbacks during the year under review? I am quite sure you won’t allow them to override you into 2014 but you would utilize every setback as a stepping stone.

Well, I had my portion of setbacks; they were in actual fact challenges that I derived scriptural strength to surmount.

By now I know it’s clear that there is nothing within our reach unless we make God the pivotal aspect of it.

Whatever your heart desire is for this year, it is my wish that you make God the centre of it so as to succeed.

2014 is here, live it or live it to live you.