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 </div><p></p>2017 was a year of clarity<br>
A year of surprises<br>
Strangers became friends<br>
Friends became family<br>
A year of memories<br>
A year of wonder<br>
We learnt to take our first baby steps<br>
It was a year we took a leap of faith<br>
We left our comfort zones<br>
We left the familiar territories that we once knew<br>
We said farewell to brothers in arms
<p>Yes it was a year of goodbyes<br>
We dared to dream of the impossible<br>
We learnt to taste the sweet waters of hope<br>
As we lost sight of the shores<br>
And made our way to the ocean</p>
<p>It was a year of laughter<br>
Yes, the sound of it echoed through the walls<br>
Of NUGA<br>
It was a year where the number 105<br>
Became a home away from home-<br>
A sanctuary for the lost, the wounded and the whole<br>
We learnt not to take for granted<br>
The things that we have been given</p>
<p>It was a year of hunger<br>
Where indomie gained a whole new respect in our eyes<br>
It was also a year of tears<br>
But we learnt to smile through those tears<br>
It was a year of the gift of friends.</p>
<p>It was a year of heartbreaks<br>
As we lent our shoulders to fallen brothers<br>
Struck down by the arrows of love<br>
But in all it was a good year.</p>
<p>2018 is here<br>
Don’t just walk, run<br>
Don’t just fly, soar<br>
Don’t just dream, believe<br>
Don’t just exist, live<br>
So this year make new friends, laugh</p>
<p>Find beauty in the seemingly mundane things of life<br>
Learn to love and be loved<br>
Spread your wings, learn to fly, the sky is your runway</p>
<p>Retrain your eyes to see what always has been beautiful<br>
Relearn the things that used to come naturally<br>
There is always beauty around you<br>
You just have to look for it<br>
With a little wonder you can find life in the dead of winter</p>
<p>Stop for a while, don’t be in a haste<br>
Feel the wind<br>
Smell the flowers<br>
Feel the grasses under your feet<br>
Learn to find the green in everything this year</p>
<p>Drown your doubts<br>
In the oceans of hope<br>
And know this…<br>
Life belongs only to the brave<br>
This year, be intentional</p>
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