Finding Calm in the Snow: A New Year’s Reflection

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Explore the quiet beauty of Helsinki's winter as three friends reflect on new year's resolutions and discover the power of small steps in finding new directions.

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Hang it and suvan ulma dal vilma, kunst masisa, lumisen hel singing ku tarhan.

I breathe in the cold winter air deeply as we step into the snow covered hilly.

Hello, gots on umbari lenni. I look around, kaiki on heliasta vine lumen peta mat pu kuvat.

Everything is quiet. Only the snow covered trees and pathways are visible.

Via sia noura ILOI si sti.

Beside me, O laughs happily lao.

Raj verre le me cadetsuve la tascui son.

LOI walks calmly alongside us, his hands deep in his pockets.

Usivosi on al canut mutai navan hoya ayatuxia.

The new year has begun, but my head is filled with old thoughts.

Mi ethin mithin voice in peta itleniden Sonan.

I wonder how I could decide on a new direction for myself.

Worsi on olutpai k oil lan yahlu on your ta in Uta.

The year has been at a standstill, and I want something new. In Tida mista aloa, I don't know where to start. Katzilin oh na yoka vaikuta in giselta muta tieden ita hanelekin on o lutwaiki okxia I Watchua who seems energetic, but I know she has had her difficulties too.

Yukin Hanta paina.

Something is weighing on her.

Laoipulistan ah minta Ilo rutines than muta kai payta in inim man.

Lowe, on the other hand, draws joy from his routine but longs for something more.

I kemna in ole aino yoko it si soon ta.

Perhaps I'm not the only one searching for direction. Pusa, we stop on a snowy path.

Meet in Theda and Oden Wooden lupauxet.

How are your New Year's resolutions?

Gusuon ulataan I ask unexpectedly Oha kohota coul me on Ana raises her eyebrows. Lauri humshti.

Loi smiles broadly.

Me ethen pita camlpauxia.

I'm thinking, should I really make big promises?

Tuntu it and osa pitaita a yot.

It feels like I can keep them. I continue hesitantly.

Onna sa on vie la quin stina muta hanuka umardava sisti.

There is still that familiar spark in Oga, but she nods understandingly.

Lauri Rala.

Loi scratches his chin thoughtfully.

On ste leya sano ivirhit opetavat.

Met on our radiates and says mistakes.

Teach us mina i on huvak sua eat it empaine.

I intend to embrace failures and keep moving forward.

Lao reli sa pemsti i minul rita pien et osiyat.

LOWI adds softly for me, small things are enough.

Yukai se la pai ve lak duk sensa. Every day has its signal dinificance gave me pain. We walk on puu meokasi is the oscelestape Vasta.

We talk about every step and every.

Day umran Ita, minita, vita kakkol.

I realize that I don't have to achieve everything at once.

Fri the ita otan pienia Oscelia. It's enough to take small steps. Huam on ita inleuxin it.

I notice that I'm not alone in my search.

Gotzelenputrnkota Lumela beet itauxia vatime Satalaosa.

I look at the beauty of the garden. The branch is covered with snow, sparkling in the dim winter sun. Sude miss senitunen lamper, I feel warmth in my heart.

Oh naye lauriovat Minu le t kee ta yahy duncan sain voileta ouden lies in sunnan Ilma pay nee tasuri is ta tavoit.

Testa Oga and Avawe are important to me, and with them I can find a new direction without the pressure of big goals.

Paye van Pattu satunen itaokin on mutunuzis Lani.

As the day ends, I feel that something has changed inside me.

Path then Ita wodencositota coxicumenta coolo me eta viz o la ta nasuriya lupauxia.

I decide that the year twenty twenty three doesn't need to be filled with grand promises.

Voenopia no ti man matt costa akevine marampasta.

I can learn to enjoy the journey, not just the destination.

Lumi sadehili and e umperi le meh ya olin toive compi quin eye going.

The snowfall quiets around us, and I am more hopeful than I have been in a long time.

Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Finnish, then in English.

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