Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

Borland reframes the calendar’s “end” as a human convention rather than a true rupture in lived time. The turning of the year becomes a moment for reflection, not finality: life continues, and what matters is the accrued “wisdom” distilled from experience. The line resists both despair (as if something is over) and naïve renewal (as if everything starts fresh), proposing continuity instead—an ongoing process of learning. In that sense, the quote functions as a sober New Year’s meditation: the value of marking time lies in integrating what the past has taught, carrying it forward into whatever comes next.