The twelve strikes of your clock at midnight

will bring my wishes to you

for the next twelve months.

First Strike

Wish of Health

[health that all the money in the world cannot buy]

 Second Strike

Wish of Love

      [that life around you be filled with love,

not with hatred and war]

Third Strike

Wish of Luck

[that you never lack of anything in this life]     

Fourth Strike

Wish of Dreams

[that you have dreams

so as to see them come true]

 Fifth Strike

Wish of Courage

[courage to accept what you cannot change]

    Sixth Strike

Wish of Encounters

[that you taste the sweetness of friendship

and never feel lonely]

     Seventh Strike

Wish of Family Unity

[that you enjoy the enduring ties of a loving family]

  Eighth Strike

Wish of Success

[that all your projects be fruitful]

 Ninth Strike

Wish of Peace

[that your heart be free of anxiety, hatred, and envy]     

  Tenth Strike

Wish of Gratitude

[that you rejoice for being alive each and every day]     

 Eleventh Strike

Wish of Imagination

[that you can see even beyond the wonders of creation]

Twelfth Strike

The Most Important Wish

 [that you receive and feel God’s blessing

each and every day of this new year]

     Happy New Year!

May all my wishes to you

come true in 2007!

M.C.H.