Monday Memo| Detail No.182| December 01, 2025

December is not just the last page of the year; it’s the soil where everything you want for the next year 2026 begins. Slow down enough to notice what you’re planting with your thoughts, your choices, your energy. Every word you speak, every act of kindness you offer, every effort you make becomes a seed that shows up later in your life. Nothing planted with intention is ever wasted. Start with thanksgiving, let gratitude soften you. Think of the things that carried you through 2025—the people who stayed, the strength you didn’t know you had, the moments that grew you quietly. Hold those memories like seeds in your hands and let them remind you that you survived what could have broken you. Life moved fast in 2025. Some weeks felt like a blur. Some moments stretched you thin. You had days when you doubted yourself, nights you couldn’t sleep, plans that fell apart, and hopes that took longer than you expected. But you’re still here. And that alone is worth honouring.

I hope you are finally seeing the small things that held you together when nothing made sense. Think about the friend who checked on you at the right moment. The chance you almost didn’t take but still did. The unexpected smile that softened a hard day. The strength you didn’t even realise you were building in the middle of the struggle. These moments matter more than you think.

Think of the silent prayers you prayed on bended knees when no one was watching. What about the ones you made in the bus or in the train. The tears you wiped before stepping out to face the world. The strength that rose in you on the mornings you didn’t think you had any left. The comfort that found you when you didn’t have the words to ask for help. These moments weren’t accidents. They were seeds—small, reminders that God never left you to carry your year alone.

Let yourself feel proud of the battles no one saw. The healing you started quietly. The boundaries you created. The love you gave even while learning to love yourself better. Gratitude grows when you look at your life not through what you lost, but through what stayed, what grew, and what is still becoming. You don’t need a perfect year to be thankful. You just need an honest heart. So breathe. Pay attention. Let your gratitude rise from the small places, slow down enough to notice His fingerprints on your journey. These are your seeds. And if you plant them well, they’ll grow into something beautiful in the year ahead.