I would like to end the year with some haiku by Japanese poets, in which they give us their thoughts on this meaningful season

Cherry,
Kukuck, Say, Snow
and the year ends
Sujiyama Sanpû (1647 – 1732)

The year ends.
What -When feel hard-
Fish and birds?
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

How good is
my age
first day of the New Year
Ryota Oshima (1718-1787)

Ah! Like a child
his day
New Year …!
Kobayashi Now (1763-1827)

New Year's Day,
so long wait, and what ?:
one more day.
Horo (1761 – 1845)

Daybreak
of Neujahrs. How
far away is already Yesterday,
Ichiku (1708-1759)

Oh, how I long
after Zei of the Gods:
New Year's Day.
Arakida Moritake (1473 -1549)

The sky’s the limit,
let your ambitions soar.
The New Year’s arriving,
with opportunities galore.

Be confident and resourceful,
define your quest.
Your future is upon you,
so do your best.

Francis Y Takahashi

The sky is the limit,
let your ambitions rise.
The New Year is coming
with opportunities galore.

Be confident and resourceful,
defining your search.
Your future lies ahead of you,
So do your best.

Translation Carina

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Crocuses are perennial herbaceous, semi-hardy to hardy geophytes ...

Fudo Myo-o, whose mind is Fudoshin,
If you do Aikido, then you can not win without the,
Continuous profit no end nor a beginning,
No silly ideas, only the sky sings.

In one hand the sword, in the other a sacred rope,
The rope, the circle, used specifically to provide a solution to abseil.
Meanwhile, the sword busy with life giving,
Healing, Wisdom, Give liberation of dispute.

The Sword, cutting through anger, it turns to compassion,
If you are angry at the world, then you follow only the fashion.
All seeing third eye … Compassion sees through everything,
The sword cuts through all knowledge, covered the walls of ignorance.

Fudo Myo-o, the user of the divine techniques
By the divine spirit, the divine mouth, ...

Man erzählt, dass ein Bergsteiger …

Verzweifelt, weil er den Aconcagua erobern wollte, nach Jahren der Vorbereitung, seine Reise begann, aber er wollte den Ruhm für sich allein, also ging er ohne Begleiter. Er begann zu steigen und es wurde spät, und später, und er bereitete sich nicht zum kampen vor, er beschloss weiter zu steigen, entschlossen, den Gipfel zu erreichen und es wurde dunkel. Die Nacht brach schwer auf die Höhe der Berge, und man konnte nichts mehr sehen, alles war schwarz, Null Sicht, es gab keinen Mond und die Sterne wurden von Wolken bedeckt...

This is the season, to raise the reason, to feed the world and have flourished the Good Will, because the love of God is evident, while compassion is widespread. Let us strive to all, To find ways to wish everyone a happy holiday!
Francis Y Takahashi

Double lives, who also enjoys the past.
Marcus Valerius Martial

To remember a good time to feel happy again.
Gabriela Mistral

A lifelong blessing for the children is, to fill it with warm memories of times spent together. Beautiful memories are treasures in the heart, to pull them out of the hard days of adulthood.
Charlotte Kasl

When our children were young, it was normal for all holidays with the whole Fami ...

Friendship by day,
and friendship by night;
it’s very plain to see,
for its clearly
black and white.

Francis Y Takahashi

Friendship day,
and friendship at night;
it is very clear to see,
for it is clear
Black and White.

Translation Carina