2026 and Joy!

 

(Rosengarten Schlossberg Rapperswil, Switzerland)

Dear Friends,

Welcome to a new year. 

The much awaited 2026!

This year like other years, we make our entrance into it with great expectations of what we desire of it.

We write resolutions, make promises, cut people off and declare we are ready for the year. Yet barely past the first quarter we realize that the new year requires more than resolutions and disconnections. 

The New year requires a resolve from us. A resolve that is more than just a state of our mind, but rather something that should be connected to our actions.

I am here to share with you that if you must be your best self in 2026. You must be willing to travel with Joy. 

When I say Joy, I don't just mean a state of gladness created by others for you. I do not mean an atmosphere already prepared in specific environments for temporary comfort.

When I say Joy, I mean that you must create this joy for yourself. The joy that comes from happy moments and milestones in your journey this year. The joy you curate even when there's nothing to be glad about because you may have failed in the past or currently at something you were so sure of.

Let the highest standard you set for yourself this year be joy. 

Be intentional about this. Let this be done from glee and a desire to be excited about the good. Let this standard of joy be easy to achieve. 

Let it be such that it does not cost too much for you to be glad. For you to smile, for you to revel in gratitude. Let this bar be such that a million sad things will not kill that one happy moment.

Let your standard be joy, joy at all times, regardless of what stares you in the face.

I hope you would chose this decision today.

Here's wishing you a fulfilling and miraculous 2026.

Love and Joy

- Francisca!