Recently I’ve been feeling uneasy about 2025. I know myself and understand this is my default reaction to the unknown. And with any new year, there are unknowns—I’m just feeling a heightened sense of foreboding this go-round. Even though I also know there are beautiful things in store, the “not knowing what will be” leaves me anxious.  

This is not how I want to enter the new year, and I intend to turn things around. Plus, feelings like these come and go over time. This too shall pass. 

I just came across some inspirational quotations, and here are a few. I plan to read through them when I have moments of doubt, because again, I truly want to go into the new year bravely—with joy and hope for a better tomorrow for all of us. 

“Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming.” —Mike Dooley

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” —Nelson Mandela

“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” —Tom Peters

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” —Martin Luther King

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” —Carl Bard

Wishing you happy holidays and an inspiring 2025,

Shannon