Let's hope for health and prosperity
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Hard to believe 2010 is over. Harder even to believe the first decade of the century is over. I remember sitting and waiting to ring in the new century – like it was only yesterday. – though 10 years have passed.
In the past decade, I’ve been divorced and very happily remarried. I’ve lived in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand. I’ve got two beautiful granddaughters in New Zealand and one here in Ontario.
This a good time to reflect on what’s happened in your life and what you want in your life as you move forward in 2011.
So what lies ahead?
Here’s my wish list:
• A peaceful and prosperous new decade.
• Health and happiness for all.
• The foresight for our politicians to do the right thing, not the right political thing.
• Less poverty and greed.
• An end to drinking and driving.
• An end to family violence.
• A safe homecoming for all our soldiers overseas.
• More tolerance.
• More understanding.
• An end to racism, sexism and all the other “isms”.
Whatever your race, religion, ethnicity or creed, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope 2011 brings happiness, prosperity and only good things in your life.
Peter is a seasoned communications/public relations professional with more than 25 years in the business. He has worked in a number of business environments in Ontario, Saskatchewan and the Middle East. He is living in Chatham with his wife Brenda Brown, who is a Chatham-Kent native, having been born and raised on a farm outside Wallaceburg. He returned to Ontario after spending a year recently in New Zealand with his daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters. He went there after working a contract in Saudi Arabia. He spent two frigid years in Regina, but spent most of his life in Ottawa and the Toronto area. Professionally, he has won a number of international awards for writing and publication production. He has done communications/public relations work in municipal and federal government, consulting and entertainment. He taught public relations for 12 years as a professor at Humber college in Toronto. On a personal note, he is a golfer (though a bad one), interested in the arts, loves a good book and loves to travel. You can find him at http://ca.linkedin.com/in/peterdmills
