Season of Truth
This season arrives wrapped in celebration—songs, lights, gatherings, and familiar stories that promise warmth and peace. And yet, beneath all that brightness, life continues to be what it is: difficult, uneven, and demanding. This year began with weight—family concerns, financial strain, projects that stretched us thin. These are not exceptional stories; they are human ones. Many carry similar burdens quietly, especially during seasons meant for joy. Celebration can sometimes become a way of escaping reality. We gather, we smile, we perform happiness, hoping the noise will soften what we are afraid to face. Fairy tales help us imagine endings where everything resolves neatly. But real life does not work that way. Maturity slowly teaches us something more honest: life is hard. Not because it lacks meaning, but because it asks much from us. Life is too long to be consumed by every difficulty, yet too short to let those difficulties define us. What it is long enough for is lea...