Another year has gone by and for the most part I can’t remember most of it, but I’d like to end the year with a heart of gratitude. I don’t know how to classify a whole year in one box because I don’t feel that’s how life should be or is. What I will say is that it was filled with experiences, less than last year (2023) though but every year cannot be the same.
I would love to say that I am thankful. I am grateful for life, for family, for friends, for the turbulences of life and the good parts as well. I am thankful for all the new people I met, the new relationships, the ones that already existed but was strengthened and the ones that weakened till extinction. The wins and the losses will be celebrated as well because without failures there wouldn’t be success.
I am grateful for the pain I felt because in as much as it hurt it made me see and understand certain things better. I am grateful for the lessons I learned and the knowledge I gained. I am grateful for the life I have and the life I’m going to have. I am grateful for love; it will always be the most beautiful thing on earth. I am grateful for all that happened and didn’t happen. For the ones that didn’t happen have a chance to happen in the new year or they won’t happen at all because that isn’t mean for me. I am grateful for growth.
I am filled with so much gratitude and self-awareness because I know even amongst the good there was bad but neither of those things define me. I survived, I thrived, and I am still standing today, and I will still be standing tomorrow. For the first time in a long time, I actually have things I want to achieve in the new year. No resolutions just yet, I just hope to be better. I can’t wait to see what the new year has for us all. This year already just started on a good note so I’m even more grateful.
I am genuinely thankful for you gentle reader. Let’s make this year the best one yet, and even if it isn’t lets still have experiences that are exceptional. I wish you all an amazing year filled with all your heart desires. Can’t wait to see where this year takes us. Cheers to the conclusion of a chapter and the beginning of a new one.