With each new year, we renew the promises we make to life; once again we commit to doing those things we won't do, to sacrificing our moods for the sake of others, to jumping for joy at the achievements of our neighbors, and even to that old premise that says we should laugh at our own misfortunes.

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Let's be honest: we will do none of that, unless we reflect on our pilgrimage through what remains of our history.

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There are little pearls of wisdom that can guide us along the way; by reflecting on them, we can find inspiration to start the new year with a renewed perspective and a clear purpose. 

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Mahatma Gandhi famously said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” And that's where we need to start…

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It's important to know that we shouldn't underestimate ourselves or overestimate our abilities. What's to come (why doubt it?) could be all the good that destiny has had in store for us for over two thousand years. Contemplating time and space should be fundamental for planning dreams and utopias—those that, because they seemed impossible, were always left for a better opportunity. But who decides when that better opportunity is? No one but ourselves.

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Humanity has been made up of brave people who, on a blessed day at some point in their lives, decided to work towards a goal so often postponed by the phenomenon of procrastination, which is nothing more than the act of deliberately postponing or delaying important tasks that one knows one must do, but replaces them with more pleasant or irrelevant activities despite knowing the negative consequences.

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This year, 2026, should then be the first step on the ladder that leads to the realization of dreams, whether easy or difficult, whether achievable or unattainable, whether pleasing to the heart or not.

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Furthermore, it's not even worth wasting time dwelling on the past year. Thoughts filled with regrets about what wasn't done should be included in a history book, something to be revisited from time to time to learn from past mistakes. Let's be aware that these summaries of failures serve only to prevent us from repeating them. That's the first step in change.

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Work, heartbreak, friendships, and life itself deserve new sunshine and new smiles to spread far and wide, generating the confidence our bodies crave and demonstrating to the world that nothing is impossible when willpower works in tandem with the senses.

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Let's close our eyes then and travel back in time and show Mahatma Gandhi that we can be the change the world needs and be the example we are all waiting for from this 2026 that only opened its eyes a few days ago and still doesn't even know how to walk.

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A new adventure begins, gentlemen, let's enter it then…