The Art of Beginning - Again... (1-1-2026)

There is something quietly powerful about the arrival of a new year.

Not because a calendar changes, or fireworks light up the sky.

I feel it's just because it offers a pause - a moment to breathe, to look within, and to begin again with a little more awareness than before.

2025 has been a very chaotic year for almost everyone that I have known around me, and I am sure most will agree. As I stand at the edge of this year, I don’t feel the urge to make loud promises for 2026.

What I feel instead is a calm, steady hope - the kind that grows not from excitement, but from experience.

“हर नया सवेरा कोई जवाब नहीं लाता,

बस आगे बढ़ने की हिम्मत दे जाता है।”

The past year asked difficult questions. It demanded courage where comfort once existed. It brought uncertainty, reflection, and moments of quiet self-doubt.

But it also left behind something precious.

It taught me that strength doesn’t always announce itself. Sometimes, it shows up simply as the ability to keep going — to show up honestly, even when clarity feels distant.

“ક્યારેક અવાજમાં ના હોય એટલી શક્તિ શાંતિમાં છુપાયેલી હોય છે.”

Sometimes silence is more powerful then the noise.

I learnt that growth rarely comes with applause. It happens silently - in choices that you make, in the fears that you face, in the faith that you quietly hold.

Looking back to 2025, I don’t measure the year by achievements alone. I measure it by how much I understood myself better, how often I chose patience over panic, and how gently I learned to trust the process.

I’m not entering this new year with a checklist of resolutions like everyone. I’m entering it with intention.

An intention to live a little slower, but deeper. To listen more to others, and to myself.

To appreciate progress, even when it’s imperfect. To pursue what I love the most - my passion for creations.

“रुकना हार नहीं है,कभी-कभी रुकना ही आगे बढ़ने की तैयारी होती है।”

Sometimes you take a step back to be able to move forward with a pace.

This year, I want to be more present than hurried, choose consistency over intensity, create with honesty rather than comparison, and protect inner peace as carefully as my ambitions.

“જે મળ્યું છે એમાં સંતોષ રાખું, અને જે નથી મળ્યું એ માટે ધીરજ.”

Be satisfied with what I got and be patient for what I am waiting for.

I don’t seek a flawless year.

I seek a meaningful one.

The future doesn’t come with guarantees and perhaps it never did. But it does come with opportunity.

An opportunity to respond differently.

To grow without losing softness.

To build without burning out.

To love without conditions or expectations.

I’ve realised that life doesn’t wait for us to feel ready. It simply invites us to participate

fully, sincerely, imperfectly.

“Every day doesn't come with any guarantee, but for sure it does come with opportunities.”

And so, I step into this year with gratitude for what shaped me, faith in what lies ahead, and the quiet confidence that whatever comes, I will meet it with awareness and heart.

Here’s to a year of clarity, courage, and calm beginnings.

Here’s to moving forward - not louder, but wiser.

Bring in 2026 ..... I am ready...