Year-end Greetings 年末の挨拶

It's the Christmas eve, and there is only a week left for the year, 2017.

I wonder how have you been during the year, 

what was this year like to you?

In the end of each year, I reflect back the year and think of the coming year.

There are always good and bad, happy and sad, or beautiful and ugly things in life.

There are things you feel satisfied and regretted, you feel confident or ashamed. 

And there are always a mixed feelings which you can't express clearly.

Since I realized and learnt it, whenever I meet someone, I feel it's so precious and grateful that "I am here and you are there. We've got here somehow.".  

So right now, I am simply grateful for being here.

I am happy that I can serve you a cup of tea.

And I can't help wishing the good, bright, warm, beautiful, peaceful things for each person.

Great peace and love for the world.

I made two videos during December (and planning to make one soon or the beginning of the new year) as an expression of my wish.

Please have a wonderful year-end, holiday seasons and the coming year.

Yuko