As the year gradually winds up, a lot of people take reflections on how the year went. It is true that the year may not have been perfect for you, but it came with its own victories, challenges, lessons, clarity, and joy. If there is one thing that this year has offered you, it is the choice that comes at every point to make decisions that will be part of what makes you who you are. The decisions and choices you made are part of what prepares you for what lies ahead. The true value of 2025 is not just in what it gave you but what it taught you.
One of the lessons that 2025 may have taught is that growth does not make noise. A lot of people measure achievements by what they can see - by big announcements, public validations, recognitions, and milestones. But they fail to understand that some growths actually happen quietly, yet they hold the key to other major achievements that you cannot even explain. Over the course of the year, you must have learnt to respond to situations instead of reacting to them. I must say that 2025 has been full of amazing lessons. Lessons to make you understand that even if some of your steps are not applauded, every single step still counts.
Another lesson that 2025 may have taught is that delay does not mean denial. From my own personal experience, I proved this to be true. During the start of 2025, there was something that I expected to arrive. I tried to convince myself that it will come during the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2025 maximum. However, it was delayed to the point that I almost gave up. In fact, at a point, I thought that I may have even made a mistake believing it would come. However, just in the rounding off moments of the year 2025, I got it and my expectation was delivered. This showed me that delay is not equal to denial. The year may not have gone as you planned, and you may not have gotten all of what you planned for, but the truth still remains that you got things which you never planned for.
The year also taught another very important lesson - peace matters. A lot of things happened this year that showed how important peace is and to protect one's peace. I learnt in the course of the year that if you say yes to everything, then you will end up saying no to yourself. Sometimes, when you misalign your priorities, it can easily lead to exhaustion. This is why you have to choose inner peace and guide it because it holds a fundamental part of you. Trust me, without peace, a lot of things may not make meaning. Just to let you know, peace is not a luxury as some people may think, it is actually a necessity to achieve clarity of mind. No matter what you have seen or may have not seen this year, the truth remain that the year was worth it.
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In addition to the lessons of 2025, I also learnt that resilience is built on repetition. Not just that, but a lot of other major achievements are also built on repetition. Showing up everyday, putting in efforts, doing things the right way, keep going even on the challenging days, are part of the repetitive processes which made you better. Any valuable success or a major achievement will not come automatically with a flip of switch, it comes through your repetitive actions. When you do the right thing over and over, you will master it. This is how people gain mastery in various fields of human endeavour. Take athletes for example, when they keep training over an extended period of time, they will become expert in that field.
The last lesson to talk about here is the power of gratitude. Gratitude changes one's perception. When you stop focusing on what went wrong and start to acknowledge the things that went right, you will discover that your level of gratitude will increase. You also should understand that gratitude does not stop the existence of challenges, neither does it erase them, rather it gives you the needed strength to face them.
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