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Date: 01/01/2026
The year didn’t knock. It didn’t ask if we were ready.
It simply walked in, like an old acquaintance who knows where the cups are kept.
Some of us woke up hopeful. Some woke up tired. Most woke up somewhere in between.
And that’s honest.
I don’t believe a new year fixes anything overnight.
But I do believe it gives us a quieter room to stand in, to look at ourselves without noise.
If yesterday was heavy, you don’t have to carry all of it today.
Put some of it down. Not forever. Just for now.
This morning isn’t about promises.
It’s about permission—to begin again, imperfectly, humanly, and still moving.
That is enough for a start.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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