What Does a New Year Mean?
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Hello Again, Dear Ones!
The first Monday of a brand new year. How are you feeling?
I’ve missed you!
Two whole weeks with no writing to you feels like a LOT, after I had gotten into the groove of weekly missives to all of you, for the past half-year (and even more sent to Supporting Subscribers!).
To start this year on a good note, I’m sending three Loveletters to all of you this week.
These will follow the typical rhythm that Supporting Subscribers have become used to: short-form Loveletters on Monday (today!) and Wednesday… and a long-form Loveletter on Friday.
I’m doing this for a couple reasons:
Again, I’ve missed you! I want to really re-connect with all of you — and offer you lots of love — at the start of this year.
I want to give all of you a sense of what the weekly rhythm is like for Supporting Subscribers… so that you think more seriously about becoming one this year. I’d love to see more of you deeply engage in this community… so that it starts to thrive like a healthy community does. This also helps support all of the time and energy I put into guiding this community — and leading publicly in our efforts to transform philanthropy — as part of my work in the world. Your Supporting Subscription would mean so much to me!
Read on for today’s Loveletter, which I’ve made somewhat interactive… so please do share your perspective!
Sending good vibes to you… ✨
… with hopes that you find peace, joy, and healing in 2025.
With Love,
Cecelia 💗
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I know this time of year can be hard for many people.
So I don’t want to assume that a new year is “happy” for you…
… or that you’re not struggling at all right now.
What do you say?
Here’s the thing, though.
Whether you are struggling or joyful — or something else entirely — right now, one thing is true for all of us:
a new year is a fresh start.
We’ve just finished a full circle around the sun…
… and we are starting a new one.
Starting a new cycle is hopeful, yes?
We have new possibilities.
Fresh chances.
We are beginning a whole new chapter of our lives.
No matter what we don’t know about this year right now, we do know that our evolution — as individuals, as a collective, as a fully alive, pulsating planet — will take at least 365 advances during this time labeled The Year 2025.
We’ve got this, friends.
We’re here. Together.
We’re breathing. Deeply. Consciously.
We’re ready for our next circle around the sun.
To honor and reflect on this moment we’re in, click through here for a beautiful song I’ve loved for years — from a folk singer I’ve loved for years — that gets to the heart of where we are, together, right now.
My love to you!