happy new year and new year resolutions

First of all a happy new year to all ...
                                                      New year reminds of many things .. New year celebrations . Any suggestions from my side is not  needed as each person knows how to celebrate new year in his/her own  way  . As for me its time spent with my  parents today .  Meanwhile this blog is about new year resolutions . 
Here also my suggestions are not needed for anyone . Hey then what am i going to write about  . 
                                                                          Here it goes . Being an ardent fan of bruce lee movies  i have seen  all of them  . Though Enter the Dragon is the best  for the fight sequences , photography ,direction , location etc his last  movie Game of Death is unique  in one way  .  In that  in one of the fight scenes our kungfu master is against an  opponent  almost double his size .  A tall  opponent  almost 7 foot poor bruce lee has a tough time even landing his punches for this guy is towering in front of him  .  But at a particular moment  in the fight  the villain this 7 footer  bends slightly and at that moment  bruce lee though tired after the long fight  puts a choke (strangle hold )  to his neck  . It was not  easy  to hold on  for the villain was as tall as he was strong  .  He  does all possible  things to get out from that choke hold with the relatively much smaller bruce lee but  that hold lasted  till  the end.  It lasted almost 5  minutes and this scene symbolically gave me a visual  ideal  when  making a new year resolution however tough  .  The point is  however  tough  a  problem  or  a wish  if we put our  heart and soul into it  mostly  it is possible  ... if its not in this year maybe next  .  
                                          Away  from bruce lee ,  i have so many real life examples for this  .  There was this cousin of mine who always dreamt  of becoming a pilot  .  This was before the great indian avaiation revolution of Captain gopinath and the multiple job opportunities in the field .  She (yes that also is important  which  makes it tougher in a male dominated airline world at that time )  finished her private pilots licence and after 200  hours of flying  got her commercial pilots licence .  Most of her friends who shared the dream  dropped it  on the way  as it was a tough schedule .  In the end she couldnt get a job  as there were very few pilots jobs at that time (1990s )  and some of her friends who reached upto the commercial pilots licence level opted for jobs unrelated to the "dream "  .  But  she took up  a  job in rostering  which though a subordinate job  helped her be in touch with the field of her interest  .  I used to wonder at that time how she could stay in that job where you interact  with  the pilots inspite of being  fully qualified in  a subordinate function  .  Now retrospectively thinking these were minor  issues as the dream was more important  .  There were very many  major hardships on her way  but  the end result  is  for the last 5 years she is a commander pilot in  a major airline  . 

                               Then there were two  friends of mine in medical college .  One guy was always sleeping in our class for the reason  was he was not interested in becoming a doctor  .  Another guy  never slept in the class but he too didnt want to be a doctor  .  During that time many people especially  my friends in engineering college used to say  this sleeping guy wouldnt reach anywhere ... he will neither become a doctor ( cause he is sleeping fulltime )  nor an engineer ( MBBS will not get an engineers job) . That time i was also skeptical about these two  .  But  time and "the dream "  they had  sent them  to places which neither my engineering friends nor I  could envisage  .  One finished his Ph.D  in computer science in UK and working as a network security consultant and the other one  is Vice President of Tata Consultancy Services which is as of today  the company with largest market capitalisation in india  . 

                                                                                    All these 4  people (  4 th one is bruce lee ) achieved their goal  though the path was  tough  .  So  the point is  if  there is a dream and a resolution you will reach  it  99 percent of time  . Do  our best , (however never be too  hard on oneself )  and then still if you dont reach  your goal  be content that you have  done your  best  .

The first step is new year resolution ...  and hope your dream come true either this year or  in the years to come  .
regards
dr haroon marikar .