<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Dear all,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>A more peaceful new year to all - deep joy and a meaningful year ahead!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_214" style="background-color: transparent;">Allow me to share with you my poem, PROLOGUE, as my year-end reflection. </div><div
id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_214" style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_214" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Prologue</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">by: Carmela Ariza</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">31 December 2013, 8:01 am</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana,
arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Wedding, Berlin</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">How does one end a year</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">To spend some time with loved ones</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Or spend it alone</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">To have some merry making</span><br style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Or a quiet day in the woods</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br><br>How does one summarize <br>A whole year of varied
emotions<br>Thoughts turned into action or merely fleeting <br>Persons that have come and gone<br>Events that brought me both highs and lows<br><br>How does one view the year gone by<br>Shall i take a snap shot of significant moments<br>Shall i scrutinize every little thing that mattered <br>Or shall I simply let my heart gently whisper<br>A sigh of thanks and a song of acceptance<br><br>How does one say goodbye <br>To treasures that were unexpectedly lost<br>Shall i honor my innermost feelings and grieve<br>Or shall i with grace wave farewell <br>With a hope that one day, i shall find meaning in this separation<br><br>How shall i count my gains?<br>Are fame and fortune my gains<br>Or the virtues i have practiced throughout the year:<br>Compassion for those who are suffering<br>Generosity to those in need<br><br>What shall i bring with me, what shall i leave behind<br>Shall i recycle old pains, anger and anxieties<br>Shall i keep the
lessons and the deepest joys<br>Which ones will weigh me down in my journey<br>Which ones will lift me up so i can take flight<br><br>How should i look forward<br>Shall i await the emergence of a future <br>Or shall i carefully plan ahead the coming days<br>Should the past be the arrow that directs this life<br>Or should i allow the future to be born in the fullness of time<br><br>How does one start a new year<br>Must i make promises at all<br>Must i have faith in the promise of tomorrow<br>Shall i keep a record of my baseline<br>Shall i flow with life's rhythm and rhyme<br><br>Ending a year - is it ever real?<br>Maybe my synopsis will seem surreal<br>The epilogue, a temporary conclusion<br>My answers to these questions - a work in progress<br>As each day is merely a prologue to a life that's constantly unfolding…<br></span></div><div id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_214" style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div
id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_214" style="background-color: transparent;">You will also find the poem in my poetry blogspot: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://carmel-in-spuh-rey-shuhn.blogspot.de/2013/12/prologue_31.html" id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_254" style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(59, 89, 152); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 10pt; cursor: pointer;">http://<span class="yiv6381798414word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>carmel-in-spuh-rey-shuhn.blogsp<span class="yiv6381798414word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>ot.de/2013/12/prologue_31.html</a></div><div id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_216"></div><div id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_218"> </div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span></span></div><div
id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_218">All the best to everyone and god bless!</div><div id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_218"><br></div><div id="yiv6381798414yui_3_13_0_ym1_17_1388500384097_218">Carms</div><div></div><div> </div><div><font color="#60bf00" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><strong>If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. -- Henry Miller</strong></i></font></div></div></body></html>