Another year, welcome.

I always put off my yearly reflections.

Somehow, I'm afraid my brain and heart doesn't know how to process what I've learnt, doesn't appreciate from the bottom of my heart.

2014 was a year of love, loss, gain, deepened friendships, uncertainty, fresh understanding and reaching new heights.

I always think this; but each year, I push myself harder, and each year, I'm amazed by what one can achieve when they put their mind to it. Whenever I think: that's the limit, somehow, there's more and more return. 

If anything I've learnt this year is the power of small gestures and a simple, but so oft missed fact: Tell people how important they are to you.

How ironic it is that I thought I'd foolproofed everything, thought I'd had it all covered, thought I'd seen it all - but was so damn blind all the while when it came to myself. That I could be so logical, objective and coherent, but that it would all fall apart in the moment most important.

If I've learnt anything - Tell them you love them. Don't foolishly assume they know so already.

So onto 2015.

With hope in my heart, wind beneath my feet, with all the passion of what youth I've left - to a new year. I'll take my lessons to heart and embrace all that the future will hold. I'll strive to be worthy of my namesake. Come what may.