I am reaching out to you to wish you a Happy 2026. Reflecting on the past year, I am sure you must have likely experienced both highs and lows in 2025. Now is the time to move forward by reflecting and adjusting for 2026, which could become the best year of your life. While you should not dwell on the past, you can certainly learn from it.
Enter this year with hope, big dreams, and aspirations. These may include a long-delayed project that needs to be executed, a friendship that needs to be forged, or reconciliation for past hurts. Perhaps you have a song composed long ago that needs to be shared or a book that needs to be written. Reach out in friendship, even to those who seem belligerent. Acknowledge and work to remove any insidious personal habits. Or it may be something as simple yet necessary as saying 'Yes' to a friend or to God.
My composition, ‘Brand New Day,’ draws inspiration from the Latin phrase carpe diem, which means 'seize the day'—to take advantage of opportunities—or literally, 'pluck (or harvest) the day.' This saying encourages you to make intentional choices when faced with opportunities or challenges. May every day in 2026 bring new possibilities.