{"id":1178636,"date":"2025-12-23T10:14:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/?p=1178636"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:14:43","slug":"there-is-still-time-before-december-31st-for-big-things-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/rebecca-simon\/2025\/12\/there-is-still-time-before-december-31st-for-big-things-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is Still Time Before December 31st For Big Things To Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not every year moves loudly. Some years feel like waiting rooms. Some years feel like wandering hope \u2014 like chapters filled with quiet questions that only echo back silence. When you\u2019re in a season like that, when the year feels like it has slipped through your fingers, when the final stretch draws near, it\u2019s easy to wonder if anything will change. If anything can change. It\u2019s easy to believe the story for this chapter has already been written, that this just isn\u2019t the year where things begin again, where things connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here\u2019s the truth \u2014 December 31st is not a deadline. It\u2019s just a date on a calendar. Just because it feels too late does not mean it is too late for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is still time for a heart to shift. It is still time for clarity to break into corners that have felt heavy or stuck. It is still time for tenderness to arrive, for an apology to reach you, for the right door to open in a way that changes everything. We underestimate what can unfold in a single week. We forget how often life surprises us in the very moments we\u2019ve stopped expecting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Simon, the author of this post, also wrote the book Let Go, Trust God<\/a><\/em>. Find it here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you are tempted to call this year a waste \u2014 breathe. Come back home to yourself. This is not wasted time. The final stretch often holds the most important kind of work. Not always in loud or visible ways, but in the quiet, hidden ones that build the foundation for what comes next. Roots deepen before fruit appears. Preparation happens in the dark before it becomes visible in the light. What feels like delay is often what strengthens you for the weight of what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not close your heart too soon. Do not tell yourself the story is over while it\u2019s still unfolding. Every remaining day until December 31st holds possibility. Every day still carries the chance to bring you closer to what you\u2019ve been hoping for \u2014 or to gift you something entirely different, something you didn\u2019t even know you needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not too late for this year to hold meaning. You are not behind, you are not forgotten, and you are not exempt from goodness simply because it hasn\u2019t happened yet. Trust that the page can still turn. Trust that life is building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the final days of 2025 be marked by hope. Lean into this season with openness. Live like the door could open tomorrow \u2014 because it could. Live like you are still being led into something deeper than you can imagine. You are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot can happen before December 31st. Stay open, and let life surprise you.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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