Dreams, the future and new beginnings

It could be the sun streaming through my window and the onset of spring, it could be my upcoming wedding, it could be the conference call I'm chairing tomorrow on dreams and what we want from our lives with leaders in Johannesburg, it could be the end of another emerging leaders course, it could be my new role in a month, or it could be all of these things... but I've been thinking a lot about dreams, the future and new beginnings.

I've emerged from a period at the end of last year of head down get the work done cling on to whatever little energy and health you have, as you reach the end of the year with a cold and exhausted. Now with the start of a new year, and 2 months later the start of spring, with a real focus on me, what I'm doing, what I want, and on the flipside the people around me, how are they doing, what do they want and how can I help. Regaining this perspective has done wonders for me and now I really can dream and think of the the future, I'd forgotten what it was like when everything is coming together and you're firing on all cylinders.

I had a great conversation with three people on my emerging leaders course about Time, and how we create time for ourselves in this non stop 24/7 world and world of wor. It was really empowering to hear how they were trying to focus on the whole self, really work out what mattered to them and focus on that and prioritise that above anything else. How they had ways of working out the non-negotiables and sticking to them no matter what pressures were put on them. I take my hats off to them, it was a real eye opener and reminder to keep perspective and do what matters to you and those that you love.

That course finished last week, a wonderful bunch they were, and it could be a time to see things as having come to an end, but rather I'm thinking about what they are going to be doing, the difference they will be making, for many years to come and wishing them well. Their futures will be rosy and I'm sure their dreams will be fulfilled.

So i guess I'm embracing the sunshining through the windows, the opportunities the future holds, while remembering to keep perspective and what's important and matters to you firmly at the centre of everything. Onwards and upwards to new things and adieu.

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