December is all about opening our hearts. As this month unfolds, it invites us into its quiet magic. A month where lights glow a little warmer, and the air carries a softness that whispers of new beginnings. This is the season of the open heart: a gentle reminder that joy does not always arrive with noise or grand gestures. Sometimes it slips in quietly, asking only that we make space for it. When we open our hearts, even slightly, we allow life to show us the small miracles we often overlook: a shared laugh, a moment of stillness, a memory forming in real time.
Opening the heart is an act of courage. It means choosing presence over hesitation, wonder over cynicism, connection over self-protection. It’s letting the world in — not because it is always easy, but because on the other side of vulnerability lives everything that makes life feel full. To open the heart to joy means allowing yourself to be moved: by beauty, by kindness, by the simple fact that you are here, living a month that asks us to soften. When we do, the world seems to respond in kind, offering us chances to notice what we usually rush past…
And do good, above it all! Buy a toy for a child, gift a meal to an elder, help a stranger carry his burdens, listen to a sorrowful story, encourage the desperate, bring light to one’s darkness, be kind to all, especially to those in great need of kindness.
This season also invites us to create memories with intention. Memories are not accidents, they are shaped by the moments we choose to honor. Light the candle. Say the kind word. Take the photograph. Call the friend. Wrap your presence, not just your presents. December becomes meaningful when we take life into our own hands and shape it with love, rather than waiting for the perfect moment to arrive. Joy is rarely something we stumble upon; it is something we welcome.
And perhaps this is the real miracle of the month: that each day still holds space for wonder, no matter how long the year has felt. When we open our hearts, we discover that life is not measured only by what happens to us, but by the way we receive it. This December, may you meet your days with an open heart… ready for joy, ready for connection, ready to make memories that warm even the coldest months to come.
As we step into the final days of the year, may we remember that an open heart is not a gift we give to the world, but a gift we give to ourselves. It allows joy to enter without permission, lets connection root itself without fear, and makes space for memories that outlast the season.
May this December meet you with softness, with warmth, and with the quiet courage to receive all the beauty waiting on your doorstep. Turn this month into a gift to yourself. Be your own present!
One of the books I am currently reading is “The healing Season of Pottery” by Yeon Somin, and in the last pages, the main characters says about Christmas: “It’s my favourite day of the whole year. I like it even more than my birthday. It’s the time I most look forward to, and I want so much to be happy on that day.” When question on how so, she replies: “My birthday is just about me. It’s like I’m having fun all on my own. But in Christmas it’s as if everyone has their birthdays all at once. Everyone’s the main character! We celebrate with each other and have a blast – just because. I like that kind of gratuitous fun.”
I loved it! Coming from someone who’s birthday is in December, I do feel I am more waiting for Christmas than I ever was waiting for my birthday. Those Christmas days are where I felt most joy, most peace, and I am most attune to myself.
There is a saying that some people live splitting their year in Christmas and Not-yet Christmas. I am those people!
And a Post Scriptum to the last Newsletter of 2025.
Thank you for being here, for taking a moment to celebrate with me a whole year of newsletters. A whole year of themes, thoughts, joys and sorrows. Thank you for opening your inboxes and your hearts to receive this little madness that came each month, almost regularly, I hope it brought you joy, good thoughts, a bit of inspiration and, most of all, the feeling that you are not alone in figuring out this gift that is Life.
I will see you all in January, around mid-month, with the first Newsletter of the year. Still debating how it will look and what will be about. Still working on the how and when and what and whatnot. It will be fun, I hope. It will be probably more story-centered. We will, however see what the New year will bring!
I welcome it with an open heart!
And I believe that is beautiful!
