This year (2025), I wanted to change a few things about myself, so I prayed for some changes. I wanted to be stronger, to get through difficult situations more easily, and to be braver. Throughout the year, I didn’t manage to stay focused on these small goals, thinking that God hadn’t answered my prayers. However, I realized something. The problems I went through helped me grow. This year, God allowed me to go through several unpleasant situations so that I could become stronger, more confident in hope, and braver.
At the beginning of the year, I found out that I was diagnosed with Clinically Isolated Syndrome (a condition similar to Multiple Sclerosis). After that, my great-grandfather passed away, leaving a big emptiness in our hearts. During the summer, I didn’t get accepted into the university I wanted so badly, and toward the end of the year, my great-grandmother also passed away. They were two very important people to me, because they raised me when I was little. I grew up with them and visited them whenever I could. They were like parents to me. They were my family.
Even so (despite losing them both in the same year) I realized that these situations helped me get to where I am now. Exactly where I wanted to be.
Be brave, be ambitious, and fight for what you want! I wish you all a beautiful year, full of ambition and joy. Happy New Year!! ;)
