19/12/2025
We donโt change the world from above.
We change it from within โฆ together.
As the year draws to a close, I want to pause
and acknowledge the connection we share.
Not as something abstract, but as something lived:
in conversations that mattered,
in moments of care,
in the quiet sense that we are not doing this work, or this life, alone.
Compassion, for me, is the ground beneath that connection. Not a soft feeling, but a steady orientation: the choice to stay present, to remain open,
to be free enough not to turn away from one another.
In times that can pull us apart,
this kind of compassion becomes an active force.
It allows us to be with each other with clarity, with care, with responsibility without losing ourselves or one another.
So as we move into a new year,
I want to thank you for the shared energy, the trust,
and the willingness to stay connected; when itโs not simple.
I wish you festive days,
and a year shaped by freedom, compassion, and genuine connection.
โฅ๏ธ Barbara
presence
newyear
