The end of the year is often painted as a reset—a rush of resolutions, a promise to break habits, a scramble toward reinvention. But the Sacred Return asks for something quieter and infinitely more powerful: to let your heart become the compass again. This week carries a clarity that feels almost ancient. It asks you to look at your life with honest softness, to sift through the year not for what you should improve but for what you should release. You begin to notice what no

Clarity is not harsh. It is simply honest. The world often confuses softness with blindness, as if gentleness means pretending not to notice what is broken. But the truth is quieter than that—deeper than that. The soul can be soft and discerning at the same time. Winter is the season that teaches this balance. When the world grows loud with forced joy, you begin to feel the distance between performance and reality. Something inside you shifts, refusing to pretend any longer.