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What Makes What ?

 What makes a year a year? what makes a month a month? what makes a week a week? and what makes a day a day?  Hardly is it the time frame allotted it or the seasons in the frame but the activities in it. Take for example a University academic session. It is not usually fixed to a particular number of days although there is a calendar. What is most important is that the semesters are completed and not that the time fixed must be stuck to. If for example there is a strike or a problem, the school has to suspend activities meaning the initial fixed date for the duration of the semester has to be extended. Ahaaa! Now you get my point!
    So dear reader what am I trying to say? In short, I do not want you to throw away all the goals you  set for 2015! I always hear people talk about new year resolutions and how they made them the year before but could not achieve it. The main thing is to ensure that you work  diligently at what you do. Here is why it is important. Imagine that at the beginning of the year 2015 you decided to take a journey to destination A but because you ran out of gas and could not finish your journey on time , you abandoned it. Now, you feel that you have a new year ahead with a lot of time to achieve your goals but that is not the case. There will always be problems when it comes to achieving your goals. What I want you to know is that the goal is more important than the time. So, where did you keep that your 2015 resolution? In the bin? I think its time you go get it out and dust it properly because you are going to work at it again!

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