My first book was rejected 60 times by publishers and agents.

Guess what, it's been selling consistently for the past few years.

I've been rejected in previous job searches for 25 times.

Guess what, I landed the best job a new immigrant in Canada, two-months shy could ever dream of.

My consulting proposals were rejected a few times.

Guess what, I'm still here giving value and offering my best insights.

I've been rejected with my speaking proposals.

Guess what, I get asked and paid to speak all over the world.

I'm a key person of influence and I self-authorized myself to be.

Case closed. 


You can't rely on one rejection as a barometer that you're no good.

Some work is accepted or rejected on very subjective grounds, as to how much sleep the evaluator had that day or how much you look like her best friend.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 

Find the person/s that will appreciate that beauty in you, your work, and your ideas.

Okay, now it's really case closed. 

When was the last time you saw yourself in a broken mirror? 


We have a broken mirror.

Instinctively, I would just drop in on the landfill but my husband thought that there's use for it.

I later realized that, even broken mirrors can be useful yet.

We are all broken people.

We live in a broken world.

Only God can redeem us from our brokenness.

But beyond the broken pieces, lies a new purpose, a new usefulness that unexplored before.

If we look closely, we will know that all the broken people and things shouldn't be given up easily.

We give up easily.

And as a society, that's our bane.

I'm not a handyperson but I can tell that this mirror will hold more stories elegantly than the other mirrors in our house once repurposed.

I'm up  to the challenge of recreating it for something else.

I bet the 'artist' in my family will find it interesting.

Aren't we all interesting with our ugliness, mistakes, failures, and repeated falls? 

Look at the mirror and you will know what I mean.  

I was away after Christmas visiting my family in south of Calgary for a few days.


It was filled with fun activities and lots of feasting and just fellowship.


And because there was no Internet in the house, I couldn't do any work I thought I should do while there.

Nevertheless, it was a great down time and I savored every moment of it.

My daughter had a long list of things to do with my Aunt and because the days are too short and hectic, she told her that she can keep the list and they can do more next time!

A small vacation is a great way to relax and unwind even for a few days.

I'm not checking my email or LinkedIn feeds and I don't care who says something on Facebook, mainly  greetings anyway.

What about the first week of January? And because I felt rejuvenated, I have more bandwidth at the starting line.

Welcome to 2026 and hope your start of the year is energizing you!