Lessons from 2024 ...

 

... A Year of Questions and How We Respond

There are years that question

And years that answer

Wrestling with the whys,

The highs, the lows

 

Reflecting on our past while seeking clarity,

We find that questions beget more questions,

As we confront the devastation of failure

And the grace of redemption.

 

Answers, once given, hold within them

Seeds of hope and wholeness,

Tools for survival and sustenance,

Paths to follow and choices to make.

 

Yet we cannot cling to answers as unchanging truths,

For truth has its own weight and measure

That shifts and evolves as we question and learn,

And history will judge us not by our certainties

But by our willingness to grow and change.

 

In arrogance, we may believe we know what's right,

But the test of our humanity lies in our capacity

To listen, to empathize, to seek understanding

Beyond the limits of our own experience.

 

As we navigate the landscape of our lives,

We must learn from our mistakes

And resist the urge to repeat them,

For only in breaking the cycle of stasis and repetition

Can we find solace and hope for the future.