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First of all I would like to send you all my best wishes for this new year. I am starting this year with these two pictures because they represent what a new year is for most of us. For the youngest, it’s one year closer from being an adult, for the oldest, one more year taken from their youth. But in both cases each year brings progress, learning and evolution. We never know in advance what a new year is going to be made of...and that's what makes it so exiting, because finally we are all always hoping for the best to happen... We have this chance. The chance of not knowing, of having 50% chance to spend a fantastic year, suddenly forgetting that the year that just ended may have been very good. But this chance, not everybody has it... Some people know exactly what a new year starting is going to look like. Most people wonder what is going to happen. For the majority, the expectation is for them and their families to reach the end alive. Everybody should have the same chances in life, but unfortunately, and for many reasons it's not the case.

Often small acts lead to major changes. Maybe it would be good to start this new year giving more thought to the less privileged and working towards achieving a better balance.