Thursday 19 February 2015

A year of true joy

Chinese New Year 2015


Happy Chinese New Year! 

According to Chinese astrology, each year (starting from Chinese New Year) is associated with an animal sign, occurring in a 12-year cycle. For example 2015 is a year of the Goat. The Goat comes 8th in the Chinese zodiac. Personality traits are associated with the zodiac animals, according to Chinese folklore. 

I checked the internet to find out information about the Year of the Goat and this is what one website had to say about the year. The year of the Wood Goat promises much more favorable times as compared to the previous year. Many astrologists concluded from the conditions of 2015 that the processes that have been unfolding and spreading chaos for the past few years are finally wrapping up; both political and economic situations in the world are starting to stabilize. Many people’s quality of life is getting higher and the crisis that has been tormenting many counties for the past several years is finally promising to be over. 

Did you hear that? A year of peace and tranquility? A year of better quality of life?  This is truly good news for many of us who are so often afraid of turmoil and disturbances. Many would be happy like a  tame wood goat knowing that it will be a year of good fortune, happiness and luck. 

We often equate good fortune, happiness and luck as things that are subject to fate. There are greater forces beyond us that determine whether we would have a good year or a bad year. The type and number of crystals that we should display in our house or wear around our wrists; the colour of our hair; the animal zodiac and its influence throughout the year; the number of gold fish that I should rear in my aquarium. 

On this first day of the new year, I’m not going to tell you what’s your fortune for this year, whether you would be experiencing lots of good luck or bad. No. I have a much better prediction for year. It’s going to be great year, a year full of blessings, a year of true joy. Why? Because God has promised to be with you. If God is with you at all times, you don’t need good luck or good fengshui or good omens. God will be you sustaining you, giving you strength to bear with all the burdens of life. God will be with you to help you through the darkest moments. God will be with you guiding you when you feel lost. God will be with you comforting you in your loneliness and pain. God will be with you healing you, forgiving you and blessing you with his grace. 

Wishing you a wonderful and blessed new year. 

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