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X61 Dental Studio (Village Dental Group)

The Road to Self-Discovery

As the year approaches its finale, reflections of past year events, blessings, progress and even some setbacks helps to redefine our vision for the upcoming new year. Yet for 2025, being grateful with thanksgiving gives us the best mindset in positivity.

Three important aspects of living a life worthy of living always encompasses, faith, hope and love. These guiding principles propels us forward. Life given to us is not meant to be lived in mediocrity or be confined to sent parameters. Choose to live and think outside the” box”.

Circumstances in life are adventures that are meant to stretch our beliefs; test our limitations; activate our strengths and engage our weakness to encourage adaptation. The awareness of unique life moments fine tunes our perspective. We want to make sense of our existence and purpose amongst the chaos. We are called to carve out a niche with our talents and gifts.

Together the sum total of these make up a exquisite community that work in tandem together to make this world a better place. Thank you for showing us the way and how.

The defining question is how to make sense of disorder and to find our place is who we are destined to be and how we may be of significance to others if not the world ————– and still be recognized for being us.

The Elephant and the Ant by Vince Poscente

Without conflict or struggle there is not growth:

The worthiest goals take time and energy
Scarcity mentality is lack of vision
Focus on having instead of wanting
Goals must be in alignment for something significant to occur
Never underestimate the power of emotions
By tapping into your emotions you will find what motivates you
Your passion will ignite your vision
I feel connected, respected and
Make fear your friend not your master
As you live your life you realize the importance of living without regret over what might have been
Will you look back and wonder if you could have done more?
Will you look back and question whether you gave it all you had?

If can can look back and have no regrets, then you know you have done your best and your best can take you to places beyond your wildest expectations.

So many events happened in 2025. Just read on and know it was not just a figment of our imagination. 2025 a Year in review.

Jan 7th – a 17 year old Luke Littler beats the 3 time title winner Michael van German in the PDC World Darts Championship final in England
Jan 10th – Was the planet Earth’s hottest year on record surpassing the 1.5 C temperature limit agreed upon at the 2015 Paris Climate Accord
Jan 10th – US President Donald Trump was convicted in 2024 to falsifying business records and sentenced 2025 for no punishment
Jan 12th – California fires were the the worst in US history blazing through 40,000 acres
Jan 17th – White Sands, New Mexico – earliest evidence discovered of a human transport vehicle made with long pieces of wood loaded with goods and dragged – 22,000 years ago
Feb 4th – Zara Lachlan becomes the first woman and youngest persons to row in 97 days 3700 nautical miles from Europe to South America
Feb 17th – An airplane crashes and flips over at Toronto International airport injuring 21 people and no fatalities
Feb 18th – Royal tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II ( 1493 to 1479 BC ) is discovered west of the Valley of the Kings
Feb 20th – English micro artist David A. Lindon set a world record for the smallest handmade sculpture measuring 0.025417 x 0.02184 mm made form a red brick of Lego
Mar 2nd – US firm Firefly’s blue ghost spacecraft became the 2nd commercial vehicle to land on the moon.
Mar 4th – World’s biggest iceberg A23A glides off the coast of Island of South Georgia weighing 1.1 trillion tons
Mar 11th – a total of 274 moons are now orbiting Saturn with the discovery of 128 new moons recently
Mar 14th – Mark Carney is sworn in a Canada’s new Prime Minister replacing Justin Trudeau
Mar 14th – Price of gold hits $3,000 USD for the first time
Mar 18th – Israel launches airstrike attach on Gaza and killing 404 people ending the case fire agreement
Mar 31st – Space X mission Fram 2 launches 4 people aboard a falcon 9 rocket, becoming the first crewed space flight to enter a polar retrograde orbit
Apr 5th – Science’s 23 million breakthrough prized awarded to Daniel Cracker, Joel Habener, Jens Jul Host, and Lotte Bjerre Knudsen for the lead development of Ozempic and Wegovy
Apr 6th – Alex Ovedhkin surrasses Wayne Gretzky’s NHL greatest scorer with 895 career goals
Apr 21st – Pope Leo XIV, head of the Catholic Church succeeds Pope Francis
May 3rd – Lady Gaga’s free concert at Copacabana beach in Rio De Janerio, Brazil draw a crowd estimated at 2.5 million attendees. This is the largest concert in history for a female artist
May 5th – Skype, the pioneering online video calling service established in 2003 is taken oﬄine for good by Microsoft
May 26th – King Charles III begins a royal visit to Canada accompanied by Queen consort Camille and is the first reigning monarch to read from the throne in the House of Commons since 1977
May 28th – Village of Blatten, in the Swiss Alps is flattened by a glacier collapse nice days after its 300 residents and livestock were evacuated with one man missing
June 4th – Google signs an agreement with Chile to build the first fibre optic submarine cable that will connect South America and Australia
June 26th – A meteorite fragment crashed through the roof of a house in Georgia State predating the earth at 4.56 billion years old
Jul 3rd – 3500 year old ancient city in Peru name Pencio was discovered by archeologists
Jul 5th – 3 new swim sites open to the public on the Seine River in Paris, France being forbidden since 1923
Jul 10th – The original” Birkin” bag sold at Sotherby’s auction for ($10M). It was designed for fashion icon Jane Birkin in 1984 by Hermes. The purchaser later revealed to be Japanese CEO Shinsuke Sakimoto
Jul 11th – Tijuana, Mexico sets a new Guinness world record for largest margarita at 34,419 litres
Jul 14th – American Billionare Alice Walton opens the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Arkansas, US and covers tuition for the first five graduating classes
Aug 5th – Kokichi Akuzawa (102) becomes the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Fuji in Japan, surpassing the record he previously set at age 96
Aug 15th – First ever World Humanoid Games begins in Beijing, China with over 500 androids from 16 countries competing in various events such as football martial arts, and dance
Aug 18th – New York Yankees hit 9 home runs during 13-3 wins over the Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Bay, Florida becoming first franchises in MLB history to record tow games with nine homers
Oct 7th – Price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange hits $4,000 USD an ounce for the first time
Oct 8th – Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their work in metal – organic frameworks
Oct 19th – Thieves disguised as construction workers force open the Louvre museum upper floor window, smash display cases and flee with 8 pieces of Napoleonic jewels worth $100 M. It occurred in daylight with visitors already present in the museum
Oct 20th – 27 year old Eric Lu , American classical pianist sins the the top prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland

It has been an interesting year. We saw so may beautiful things enfold in your lives. We admire your stamina in how you walked through the different adventures and trials guided by desperation with hope to be lifted. We celebrated your nuptials; your new born baby; and we mourn the loss of your loved ones. We celebrate and shout for joy on your new career, job opportunity, scholarship win, designations with double MBA’s, completing your dissertation; acceptance to a professional program; first day at school; perfecting that new dance move; first time to be potty trained; shooting that perfect hoop; that awesome hole in one; how to bake that perfect souﬄe; completing the tiling in the bathroom; and decorating that perfect tree with beautiful ornaments that commemorate the true meaning of what Christmas is all about. It is the season of Advent —– Hope ———– Peace ——— Joy ——— and ——— love.

You knew the meaning of how to navigate live and reap its benefits and blessings. It is being surrounded by uplifting and encouraging circles of family, friends, mentors that believe in you and who you are. They are your cheering squad. We believe in you! So lets go forward and meet 2026 with enthusiasm and excitement. New beginning!

From our hearts to yours, we wish you, Merry Christmas with all hope of a beautiful prosperous 2026 year. We thank you for entrusting us to your heart. We are here to serve and with compassionate hearts to get you to your best smile yet.

With Mountains of hugs and love from us at X61 dental studio Dr. Leetty, Lisa, Bilia, Yasaman, Rachel, Katie and Claire.