Change

I remember so clearly a staff party that I went to a couple of years ago... it was after work one Friday night. There weren't any people my age (which is okay I guess).  We had to pay in for our braai meet and honestly I couldn't think why I could not attend so I went.  I arrived at my managers home and the puppy had thrown up in the living room.  I remember sitting in front of the music channel eating my supper which was meat and I could still invision the puppy throwing up.

Then I fast forward a bit to this years end function.  We were transported there by bus,  I had a five course vegetarian meal that consisted mainly of mushrooms but let's not harp on that.  I danced in front of about four hundred people and had some wine before and we won't about 50 rand each.  Everyone was dressed up and the banquet hall looked stunning decorated in soft hues and flower arrangements.  There was a host, music, dancers and lots of prizes to be won.  A friend of mine even won a flight to Japan.

These two experiences were rather contrasting.  One I put little effort into and it was rather normal.  No, I don't mean the puppy throwing up.  The other I put in more effort and I got a lot more out.  I learnt things about myself, about others and even earned something from it.   Not to mention that the one I felt like a princess an sister the other well I felt like a worker.

Also I learnt looking back that nothing that has happened in the past defines our future.  Just because we have had certain experiences doesn't mean that that's the way it will always be.  I am hopeful to think of the next end of the year functions I will go to and the things that I will experience.

Don't be defined by your past.  It's not a indicator of what is to come.