Looking Back on 2025
And here we are at the end of another year! It feels as though we only recently welcomed in 2025, and yet the months have flown by with remarkable speed. This year has been one of the swiftest I have ever experienced, filled with both achievements and important lessons. As we step into December, it is an ideal time to pause and reflect on all that has transpired over the past 11 months.
Taking Stock and Embracing Stillness
If you, like me, still have a few unfinished tasks on your list of ‘Things to do in 2025,’ which you may have written around this time last December, consider taking a moment to pause. Allow yourself a deep breath, or two, and enter into a still, mindful awareness of the present moment. In these pauses, we create space for the extraordinary—whether you call it miracles, coincidences, or simply blessings. The act of stepping back and being present can often lead to wonderful and unexpected outcomes.
Celebrating Accomplishments and Practising Gratitude
While there may still be tasks waiting to be completed, it is important first to appreciate all that you have accomplished so far this year. Recognise the privilege of what you have been able to do and experience. For a change, perhaps just this once, let go of thoughts about anything you are not grateful for. Instead, focus on the people, moments, places, and experiences for which you feel true gratitude. When you dwell on these, you will discover an abundance of good and wonderful things to reflect upon.
Carrying Gratitude Forward
Allow your thoughts and feelings to linger in gratitude throughout the rest of today, and carry this same sense of thankfulness into each day left in 2025. By embracing a space of gratitude, you open yourself to more—more of everything that matters. Gratitude is the key to unlocking success, health, peace, joy, life-expanding relationships, healing, and hopefulness. Let this attitude accompany you as the year draws to a close and welcome all the possibilities that gratitude brings.
Reflections by ~ Lady Dawnecia Palmer DHW OBA AFP WMA ACHH, Dec 2025