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Date: 01/01/2026

Saksun is a small village in the Faroe Islands, an island group in the North Atlantic Ocean, under Denmark, lying quietly between Norway and Iceland.
Here, silence is not emptiness.
It is presence.
Houses sit low against the wind, dark against the grass-covered hills, as if they have learned not to argue with weather.

Grass grows on rooftops—not for beauty, but because nature is allowed to stay close.
A lone farmer walks near the lagoon, checking sheep without urgency, counting them the way one counts familiar thoughts.
No hurry. No audience. Just habit shaped by wind and patience.
The people here are proud, not because the land is gentle, but because it endures.
Storms arrive often. Isolation is real. Still, life continues—quiet, steady, unadvertised.
Saksun teaches something rare:
A place does not need noise to feel deeply alive.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year ✨
I hope this year meets you gently.

I woke up this morning to news that honestly left me a little stunned — my flash poetry “THE LAST DANCE” has been published in the international journal Flash Fiction, published from New Zealand, in their December 2025 issue. I had to read the message twice just to believe it.

I’m still new to this world of writing, still learning, still doubting, still trying. So this feels deeply special. What better way to begin a new year than with a quiet reminder that dreams — even the fragile ones — do find their way.

Feeling grateful. Feeling hopeful. Feeling encouraged to keep going.

Thank you to everyone who’s been cheering me on — means more than you know.

Rajat C SARMAH

01/01/2026

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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
Instagram @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube @conversewithasmile

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Date: 31/12/2025

This evening is not loud for everyone.
Some are celebrating.
Some are remembering.
Some are just tired.
Before the clock changes, pause once.
Not to make promises — they can wait.
But to release what no longer needs to come along.
The conversations that ended badly.
The expectations that never arrived.
The versions of yourself that tried their best.
You don’t need fireworks to mark this moment.
A quiet breath will do.
When the year leaves, let it go without bitterness.
It already taught you what it could.
Good night, 2025.
You were not easy — but you were real.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Assam, India
Instagram: @rajatchandrasarmah5
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31/12/2025

Istanbul doesn’t announce endings.
It absorbs them.
On one side, Europe. On the other, Asia. Between them, a city that has seen empires rise and fall without panic. Years change here like tides — quietly, inevitably.
Ferries still cross the Bosphorus.
Tea is still poured.

Prayers still echo and fade.
Istanbul teaches something important on a day like this:
Time moves forward whether we are ready or not.
And yet, life continues in ordinary ways.
Perhaps that is the lesson for all of us today —
You don’t need to reinvent yourself overnight.
Just keep crossing your river.

Rajat ChandraSarmah
Assam, India
Instagram: @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube: Converse With A Smile

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This is not a motivational morning.
It doesn’t need to be.
It is the last morning of a year that asked too much from many of us. A year where some survived quietly, without applause. A year where plans broke, people changed, and silence became familiar.
If you woke up today, you already did something right.
Don’t rush this morning.
Let it arrive slowly.
There is no obligation to feel grateful.
No pressure to feel hopeful.
Just be present — that alone is enough.
Before the year ends, sit with yourself once.
Not to judge.
Just to acknowledge.
You made it here.

Rajat Sarmah
Assam, India
Instagram: @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube: Converse With A Smile

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Evenings are honest.
They don’t pretend.
By now, the day has shown its cards.
Some plans worked. Some didn’t.
Some words were spoken better in the head than out loud.
I like this hour because nothing demands excellence anymore.
Only presence.
A cup of tea tastes truer.
Conversations slow down.
Thoughts stop racing and start walking.
If today didn’t go your way, don’t carry it into the night like luggage.
Set it down.
Tomorrow will decide what’s worth picking up again.
For now, rest your mind.
It has travelled enough.

Rajat Sarmah
Assam, India
Instagram: @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube: Converse With A Smile

Date: 30/12/2025

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High above the plains of central Greece, giant stone pillars rise like unfinished sentences. On top of them sit monasteries — quiet, weathered, stubbornly alive. This place is called Meteora.
It doesn’t shout history.
It lets history breathe.
Monks once climbed ropes and ladders here, carrying faith, food, and fear. They weren’t escaping the world; they were choosing distance from noise. Even today, silence feels heavier than sound.
From below, the rocks feel impossible.
From above, the world feels small.
Meteora reminds us that humans have always searched for higher ground — not to look down on others, but to hear themselves better.
Some places don’t ask to be photographed.
They ask to be felt.

Rajat Sarmah
Assam, India
Instagram: @rajatchandrasarmah5
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Some mornings don’t need motivation.
They only need honesty.
I woke up today without a plan. No grand thoughts. Just the sound of the fan, the early light, and the question — what kind of day will this be?
And then I realised something simple:
The day doesn’t decide first. We do.
Not with goals. Not with resolutions.
But with the way we sit up.
The way we look at the window.
The way we speak to ourselves before speaking to the world.
Even tired minds deserve gentle beginnings.
If today feels heavy, don’t fight it.
Just walk into it quietly.
That’s enough for now.

Rajat Sarmah
Assam, India
Instagram: @rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube: Converse With A Smile

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Date: 29/12/2025

This evening, I argued with myself quietly.
About time wasted.
About things not said.
About plans that stayed plans.
Then I stopped.
I realised I was speaking like a supervisor, not a human.
Evenings are not for interrogation.
They are for letting the body loosen its grip on the day.
If you’re exhausted in a way sleep doesn’t immediately fix,
you’re not broken.
You’re just carrying more than you admit.
Tonight, put some of it down.
You can pick it up tomorrow — or not.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Instagram@rajatchandrasarmah5
YouTube@conversewithasmile