This is traditionally the time of year when we wish each other health and prosperity, success, happiness and everything we would wish for ourselves. I certainly wish you all of that.
At the start of 2012, though, you might just be hoping it will turn out better than 2011!
Not necessarily, of course. You might have made great progress with your life's plans, started a new career, met the love of your life, or had any number of wonderful things happen to you. Hopefully, you did.
For the world in general, though, 2011 was a tough year. While some parts of the world went through political turmoil and even violent revolution, other places suffered financial crisis, mass redundancies and unsettling events that point to an uncertain future.
However, there are two things we can be certain about. Firstly, the future will not be exactly as we expect - there will be unforeseeable events, accidents and discoveries, unimaginable alliances and probably acts of violence and stupidity that affect millions of people worldwide.
The second thing we can be sure of is that we'll all have more of something very valuable by the end of 2012 than we do today. It's something we earn more of every year we're alive.
While we can't guarantee to be richer, happier or healthier from one day to the next, let alone year by year, there is something unique we can only acquire and seldom if ever lose...
That thing is experience, and to some extent it governs who we are and who we become.
It's experience that gives us an idea of what to expect from a given situation. It's experience that tells us whether to trust someone (or ourselves) to keep a promise. It's experience that helps to keep us alive and it's experience alone that always grows, whether the events in our lives are good, bad or indifferent.
While I certainly wish you more good and happy experiences than bad or unhappy ones, whatever events happen in your life in 2012 you can be sure they will all be positive, in that you can only ever grow your experience account.
Embrace experience in the next twelve months and grow your account more than ever before. No one ever reached the end of their life and wished they'd done less!
~ Roy
PS. What I can't be certain of is the exchange rate between experience and wisdom... that is up to you!
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