connecting the dots.

Forgive me for my lack of posts in the recent weeks. As most of you know already I have been at my feet exploring the East Coast of U.S.A. for the winter break. I promise that the future posts will dig deep into the details of each destination (as was my plan) but it is not for those recollection and memoirs of my travels that I am blogging sitting up past 4:30 a.m. in my room in Manhattan, New York City.

You guessed it. Let's do a quick wrap of the year before the clock ticks over and let me take this chance to layout the lessons I have learned, and how I plan to implement those to achieve short term goals, ultimately aiming to reach the ideals that I strive for and believe in.

2009 is the year I feel have become more adventurous, the year I have become more open minded and the year in which I have first hand come to believe that "where there is will, there is a way".

I have absolutely no doubt that the words "Connecting the Dots" to the dot defines (no pun intended) my Year 2009. "Connecting the Dots" to me is quite literal; if everyone and every piece of items around you, the resources, the emotions and the networks that you have formed were represented as dots, the key to short term or long term success lies in, as with the children's playbooks, how you connect those dots together to create the picture you want. I'm pretty sure I've experienced that in 2009 through the diamond business, the Exchange Program, and other projects that I am readying. Also with a bit of luck here and there the end result can be exponentially even better off than the expected outcome.

I hope the phrase always remains as significant to you as it has been for me.


With that in mind 2009 has definitely been my favourite year of the 20 and I cannot wait to see what the New Year has to show me and make me do. 2010 better be ready for me - I'll play my guitar on the streets if I have to. I'll still go on a road trip even if it means risking a busted car in the middle of nowhere. I'll start a project that I know to be the right time to start. Heck, I'll do it all. At least I'll have a story to tell.

I'll end it on that note, and if 2009 wasn't as nice to you as it has been to me, I say the following in the words of Horace -


"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce".


Happy New Year Everybody.