Be Merry For most Christmas is a time of merriment. For me Christmas is a time to dispel old nightmares. Old people who brought no happiness, old things that brought no use and old hurts that stuck with you throughout the year. The sadness of it all cannot be discounted but nor can it be held on to - so for those of you, like me, who do not have a typical Christmas - I wish you can make it merry. And for those who have a merry one, make it merry for another too. Merry Christmas you all.

Christmas is a time when most want to be elsewhere from where they are. #christmas

We are moulded by our experience - we are not dictated by it. #experience

Fire There should be a fire burning in your stomach that you need to belch it out to burn everything that is wrong about you. Don’t be content, don’t be complacent, don’t be agreeable, and don’t apologise to please. Your fire dims, every time you take the easy route; your thirst for #life, subdued, every time your want for easiness is satisfied.