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Embrace 2026 Don’t Fear It

It’s your year make the most of it

By Marie381Uk Published 8 days ago 1 min read
By George’s Girl 2026

Embrace 2026 Don’t Fear It

Do not step back from the edge of the year. It is not a cliff, it is a doorway wide. The days ahead are not sharpened with threat. They wait like hands that have learned how to hold. You have survived heavier nights than these. Carried years that asked far more of your heart. This year does not come armed with your past. It comes empty, asking what you will place inside. Let the number pass without flinching or doubt. Time is not hunting you down. It walks beside you, steady and calm, keeping pace with who you have become.

Winter never explains itself while it stays. It simply lingers, quiet and long. Then one morning the light changes its tone, and the air forgets how to be cruel. Shoots rise without permission or noise. Green proving patience was never wasted. The earth remembers how to begin again, even when it looked finished and worn. So hold on through the cold of now. This is not the end of colour or warmth. Spring is already practising your name, learning how to say it gently out loud.

Do not wait for a sign written in the sky. This year is not a promise made by fate. It belongs to the choices you repeat each day, the ones you make when no one is watching. Step forward without asking for approval. You have earned the right to take your space. Dreams do not need permission to breathe. They only need you to stay. Claim this year with both hands open. Let it shape itself around your courage. Twenty six is not just time passing by. It is you deciding to live inside it fully.

Please remember you control your own destiny. Happy 2026 to you all.

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About the Creator

Marie381Uk

I've been writing poetry since the age of fourteen. With pen in hand, I wander through realms unseen. The pen holds power; ink reveals hidden thoughts. A poet may speak truth or weave a tale. You decide. Let pen and ink capture your mind❤️

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  • Tiffany Gordon7 days ago

    Beautiful & inspiring! I love the theme of triumph! Have a blessed New Year Marie!

  • Seema Patel7 days ago

    I believe in mindset and choices.

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