Taking off

Its still a brand new year, in fact, the new smell hasn't yet been replaced by the usual suspects that come by like uninvited guests throughout the year. I am referring to failed resolutions, dashed hopes, dying dreams and inevitable fallings-out with loved ones or ideas or projects. There is still a freshness in these early January days - like when you open up the morning newspaper or a Nestle chocolate ice cream cone , a wrapped gift or a new bar of soap.

Ideally its the right time to start anew, to brush aside any lingering doubts, commit to new enterprises. The best part is that you believe wholeheartedly that you will acheive what you set out to in the first place. Failure does not raise its warty head here.

Naturally I am referring to starting up this blog. I've tried before and ssssh, failed to keep at it. But we're not talking about the whys and wherefores of failure. Good things come to those who persevere. We all know that's true. Just today I read about a blogger who had his blogs converted magically into a book. Now how cool is that?

Not that I have similar aspirations. I already have had a book published, thank you very much. But it just goes to show that anything, literally anything, is possible these days. Oh, brave new world that we live in!

On that tip of my hat to Huxley, I will bid adieu. I'm coming back tomorrow. Just to prove to you, my reader(s) that I exist, that I am capable of perseverance.