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A happy new year? Maybe it’s a gift you
can give yourself? ‘The world
economic turmoil should scare the
living daylights out of us’ warns Westpac’s London-based senior
economist, James Shugg. So, why aren’t we more seriously scared? There’s
no doubt that the world is in DS (‘dire strife’ for the pure
minded), and Yet still,
in the business community, deep pockets of optimism are splashing out all
over. People
write about it, speak about it, and inexplicably are shelling out big bucks
to buy shares in support of it. There are rumbles and whispers and smiles and
sudden releases of energy and action that we’re told all herald
brighter days ahead. Astrologers
especially, but also demographers, meteorologists, business advisors,
financial pundits and any manner of others whose job it is to predict future
probabilities, are venturing out from behind black clouds to whisper
encouragingly ‘2012 will be
better’. But will
it? Most traditional indicators don’t provide the proof we hope
to see. So
what’s all this positivity about? Are we so
over sad and bad times that we audaciously believe we can trigger better
lives just by being unfailingly optimistic? Maybe
that’s not as silly as it sounds? While
different people have vastly different interpretations of optimism, it all
adds up to pretty much same thing:
hopefulness and absolute faith in the future – starting now. And why it
might just work is that optimism doesn’t need to be based in reason. ‘A
Happy New Year’ isn’t so much about whether the outlook is good
or bad, but what we choose to make of it. Each
moment in life brings a choice. And while
we can’t always alter the circumstances around us, we can choose, moment by moment, whether
we want to be negative or positive, happy or unhappy. A bad day
can be just one destructive thought away. Or, you
can choose to make it a good day by putting one happy thought in front of
another on your own personal journey to peace, comfort and contentment. We hope
you’ll give it a try. And that
when you do, 2012 will unfold into a blessed period of your life where your
dreams come true and your wishes grow wings. Meanwhile,
we are hopeful that you’ve had a lovely break and we’re looking
forward to seeing you again very soon. Warmest
regards Dylys Bertelsen and the
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