JOSEPHINE POST

(The Mystifying Life of Josephine — Year-End Reflection)

Josephine sat quietly by her window on the last evening of the year, watching the town settle into stillness. The lights flickered on one by one, and somewhere down the street, laughter floated through the cold air.

Everyone kept asking her what her New Year’s resolution was.

She didn’t have one.

Josephine had spent too many years promising herself she would change everything at once. This year had taught her something different. Growth didn’t need a deadline. It needed patience.

Her life didn’t look the way she once imagined. Some doors had closed. Others had opened in ways she never expected. But for the first time, she wasn’t measuring her life by what it lacked—she was honoring what it held.

She thought about how she had learned to build a life that worked with her challenges instead of against them. How she had learned that love didn’t need to follow rules, and progress didn’t need to be loud.

As the year quietly ended, Josephine whispered a thank you—not for perfection, but for persistence.

No resolutions.
Just gratitude.
And the courage to keep going.