New Year Celebration
neem leaf along with some jaggery; something bitter and sweet. And then people would look at the calendar. Because knowledge of time, and acceptance of sweetness and bitterness, give strength to move ahead in life. Neem is good for health though it is bitter. It destroys harmful bacteria. In life, what you considered as bitter has given you depth, made you strong. The challenges that came to you made you grow stronger and humbler.
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Jaggery represents sweetness. It gives you comfort. If life is only bitter, it cannot be sustained. If life is all sweetness, there is no depth. In the cycle of time, there is always something wonderful happening, and there are some less palatable events. In unfavourable times, you need to have strength, courage and knowledge. When good things happen, you must share it with others and serve.
On New Year's Eve and Day, we honour time, life and creation, and thank the divine for what the past year has given to us. The past year has given many lessons, and New Year 's Eve is the time to reflect on these lessons.
Welcome with open hearts the New Year 2025, and the wisdom, health, happiness and prosperity it is about to bring. Wish for wisdom more than anything else because when there is wisdom, happiness follows spontaneously.
