"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts." Charles Dickens
Two weeks have already slipped by since we welcomed 2026, and by now, the glitter of New Year's Eve has given way to the familiar rhythm of daily life. The fireworks have faded, the celebrations have gone flat, and we find ourselves confronting the same challenges, the same patterns, the same stubborn realities we vowed to overcome. The resolutions we made with such enthusiasm on January 1st now stare back at us from our to-do lists, seeming at times impossibly distant, impossibly difficult to implement. Reality, as it so often does, has asserted itself with its characteristic intransigence. The gym membership is unused, the diet has already slipped, the ambitious reading list remains untouched. And yet, in the midst of this familiar January comedown, there is a question worth asking: Have we at least kept the Dickens quote at arm's length? Have we held onto that beautiful maxim, that simple but profound wisdom, as a companion for the year ahead? These twen...
