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This could be the year
This could be the year, you know. 
Right now, you can believe and/or decide that this is the year that: 



  • You find the love of your life (or renew the one you have).

  • You get the job you want (or a job that will do).

  • You sign that book/music/movie contract.

  • You snare that scholarship.

  • You forgive the person you need to forgive.

  • You forget the things that aren’t important.

  • You start that exercise program that you know you should.

  • You welcome that new baby who represents new hope for the world.

  • You lay down you weapons.

  • You              (fill in the blank)

This could be it, you know.  This year.

Oh the delightful possibilities of a brand, spankling, New Year.


About Candelaria Silva

Candelaria Silva-Collins is a marketing, community outreach and programming consultant; writer; and trainer/facilitator who lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She has designed and facilitated workshops on a wide variety of topics including communication, facilitation, job search skills, team building, and parenting issues. She currently coordinates the Community Membership Program of the Huntington Theatre Company. Her work as Director of ACT Roxbury was profiled in several publications, including The Creative Communities Builders Handbook. Candelaria’s children’s stories, short stories, essays and reviews have been published in local and national publications and she is an active blogger. Her publications include the booklets, Handling Rejection; Pushing through Shyness: Networking Tips when You’re Shy, Slow to Warm Up or Just don’t Feel you Belong; and Real Questions about Sex & Relationships for Teens: A Discussion Guide for Parents. She has served on the boards of Goddard College, Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston Foundation for Architecture, and Discover Roxbury. She is currently Chair, Designators of the Henderson Foundation.

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  • miruspeg

    Love your words Candelaria!
    There is so much potential awaiting us we just have to learn how to tap into our abilities and run with them.
    May this year be your best ever!
    Namaste
    Peggy xxxxxx