I began 2021 with magical expectations. After all, the previous year (2020) had been hard. I was holidaying in Goa when the new year arrived, and I remember feeling hopeful in a way I hadn't in months.
But hope, I have learned, does not mean an absence of hard days. It means finding your footing even when the ground shifts beneath you. 2021 taught me that resilience is not about being unbreakable. It is about learning to bend without breaking, to rest without guilt, and to ask for help without shame.
As we step into a new year, I carry forward one lesson above all: healing is not linear, and that is okay.