New Year's Eve
We stand at the quiet edge of 2025,
where hours loosen their grip
and the year exhales its final breath.
It was a season of weight and wonder -
paths steep with challenge,
rooms suddenly emptier
where dear voices once lived.
We learned how grief teaches slowly,
how absence reshapes the heart,
and how love, once given,
never truly leaves.
Yet this year also knew creation.
New beings arrived like soft bells,
announcing hope in small hands and first cries,
reminding us that life insists,
again and again,
on beginning.
We gathered memories like floating lanterns:
kind words spoken when they mattered most,
acts of courage that did not seek applause,
gratitude whispered in ordinary moments
and yet somehow seemed sacred.
So let us cherish what was born,
honour what was lost,
and bow gently to all that carried us through.
May we step forward grateful -
for lessons learned despite not having all the answers,
for love shared,
and for the quiet strength
that grew within us without asking.
Let us be grateful for ever more.
May the New Year bring us all good health, renewed strength, prosperity and happiness!
Adisha Kariyawasam
31 December 2025
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