So thankful to God, my darling wife Lucy Cheng-Dy, and friends for making 2022 my most rewarding (and busiest) year ever.
How can I count the ways? Here are some highlights. Meantime, enjoy the jpegs!
- Started the year as covid positive. Thankfully, I recovered without ill after-effects. Lucy met my every need, even putting the food tray at the doorstep of my isolation room!
- Turned SIX-OH. Oh my goodness! Is this what being a senior citizen feels like? I am still in denial…
- I am supposed to retire and thus leave my employer. But my employer retained me as a consultant at least until the end of 2023.
- Got certified as a transformative coach, thanks to the amazing instructors at the Coach Masters Academy. But I’m not done yet. I’m pursuing advanced training so I can give the best service to my clients. (This explains the eyebags on my eyebags.)
- Found great mentors this year. Due to strategic secrecy, I’m not telling. (But they know who they are!)
- Thankful for the trust extended me by LJMB Training (the indefatigable Louie John M Banta), SEATSI (Dynamic Dina H. Loomis and Debonair Dino Hermosisima Santos) and PSTD (privileged to have worked with amazing trainer/coaches).
- Would you believe that I gave my first-ever speech in Toastmasters way back on November 28, 2012? That means I have been with this fine organization for ten years! (And counting.)
- Lucy and I were one year short of celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. Can’t wait for next year!
- Sadly, my mom passed away last May 16. But I cherished how much she loved and took care of me.
- Two of my books were voted into two top ten lists in the recent Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards. (The two are Regret No More and Is This All There Is: Why Purpose is a Journey and Not a Destination, published by OMF Lit and Anvil, respectively.)
- Speaking of books, the virtual launch of my 12th book, Broken Faith, was held last April 2. Thank you, OMF Lit family!
For those who believe in me, opened doors for me, shared their wisdom with me, thank you! To honor each of you by name would turn this into an even longer post. What I do aim for is to give you value just as you gave value to me.
Last but not least, I am filled with thanksgiving to the Lord. Yes, I was digging my well before I get thirsty. But He is the One filling the well with water! My cup overflows…
#grateful #yearinreview
January 5, 2023
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