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So tomorrow starts today and the future is always a promise of better days and solutions. When I think of 2013, I will remember the good friends I lost this year, our strikes/fight against the system, my friends/colleagues crying when nothing else could be done to change things. I won't look back in anger because there is no anger but only hope. I still hope we can be heard and I am proud I am part of this change. It is a privilege to take part in a protest ( and I have been to many this year) after years of dictatorship.
I will also close my eyes and be thankful for my new friends, for my art, for my family, for my life. They make sense in a senseless world.
I'd like to leave you a message written by a Brazilian writer called Augusto Cury:
Wish you
may not be afraid of life and not be afraid of living it.
There is no
heaven without storms, or roads without accidents.
It is only
worthy of the podium, the one who uses
his defeats to reach it.
It is only
worthy of wisdom the one who uses his tears to irrigate it.
Fragile people
use force; strong people, intelligence.
Be a
dreamer, but unite your dreams with discipline,
for dreams
without discipline produce frustrated people.
Become a
debater of ideas. Fight for what you love.
Augusto Cury
Happy New Year and don't forget: life has the colors you paint it!
Karla Bardanza
Linking up also with Three Muses - Color me Happy
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What an exquisite post Karla such a beautiful picture and wise and wonderful words to begin the New Year...I wish you every blessing.
ResponderExcluirStrong and thoughtful words, Karla, and an optimistic and quite marvellous work of art.
ResponderExcluirQue linda e alegre colagem, Karla. Desejo que 2014 seja um ano melhor para você, que a matemática feche no positivo e que se coração seja aquecido pelo amor, carinho e amizade daqueles que te apreciam.
ResponderExcluirBeautiful words and artwork, Karla. Happy New Year, I will try to heed your wise words.
ResponderExcluirlove the words "life has the colors you paint it"... will try to remember! beautiful artwork, karla, up into a wonderful 2014!
ResponderExcluirI am touched by your words Karla but keep Hope in your heart! I know how much you love colour by your glorious header but this Colour your Life is absolutely fantastic! Many blessings! xx
ResponderExcluirSuch a powerful and moving post, Karla, and one that brings me closer to understanding the struggles you are encountering in Brazil. I'm glad you found the Three Muses and we in return found you.
ResponderExcluirWishing you a happy and inspirational 2014, my friend.
Thank you for the beautiful card and encouraging, wise words. Have a happy new year, my friend!
ResponderExcluirKarla, I wish you a very Happy New Year there in Brazil!
ResponderExcluirFabulous and Brilliant, my friend! Bravo!
ResponderExcluirWhat amazing art. Your words have touched me, too. Happy New Year to you!
ResponderExcluirI think you are a brave, strong, determined woman Karla, and I am proud to know you. I am not au fait with the politics and events in Brazil, which never get an airing on our news programs on TV,which seem to be very selective about what they report. I must try to find out more. I have enjoyed visiting your blog so much this year, learning from you and being so impressed with your artwork.
ResponderExcluirA wonderful post to read, and I wish you all that you hope for and desire in 2014.
I love your art, I love the words shared, Karla. Thanks so much for sharing both. My daughter from Oregon has been visiting this week, and I didn't get anything done, but I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your entry!! May the New Year bring you all good things!
ResponderExcluirGreat entry, for the three muses and the new year
ResponderExcluirSo very inspirational. I salute your courage and strength. Thank you for expressing yourself this week by sharing your beautiful, bright collage and the wonderful poem.
ResponderExcluirWishing you a Bright and Beautiful 2014!
Betty