Monday Memo| Detail No. 186|December 29, 2025

This week, choose love even when it doesn’t come back in the same coin. Life has a way of teaching us that not everything we give will be returned the way we expect. You will show kindness and still be misunderstood. You will offer care and still be overlooked. You will love sincerely and still be disappointed. That doesn’t make your love foolish. It makes it rare. Life itself is fickle. People change. Situations shift. Hearts harden and soften without warning. If you wait to love only when it feels safe or fair, you will miss the point entirely. Love was never meant to be a transaction. It is a seed. And seeds are planted without immediate proof of return.

There will be moments when being loving makes you look naïve. Some will mistake your gentleness for weakness. Some will think your grace means you do not see the harm. But kindness does not mean ignorance. You can be kind and wise at the same time. You can set boundaries and still choose love. Wisdom is profitable when it guides your heart, not hardens it.

Do not become petty because life bruised you. Do not shrink your heart because someone failed to handle it well. The world has enough coldness. What it needs is light. Be that light to someone who is struggling quietly. Be that warmth in a season where many are tired and afraid.

Love everyone. Hate no one, because you deserve peace. Love keeps you free. Love keeps your spirit clean. Love allows you to move through life without carrying bitterness into the next chapter.

As 2025 draws to a close, let this be the seed you plant deliberately. Love without keeping score. Love without needing applause. Love without fear of looking small. In time, what you sow in love will return to you in ways deeper than you imagined.