“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

It has been almost 1 month since I have been here.  I am not sure how that happened☹ Life happens, I guess.

I have returned from Brazil and life resumed as usual, with work headaches here and there.

We had to find a replacement for our IT provider that just retired.  So far so good with the new vendor, but changes are always scary for me.

I am trying to resume my routine of walking on the beach in the mornings.  Encountering turtles is always a special reward. I have seen 2 this morning. For some reason I cannot upload the videos. So here is a picture.

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Michael and I decided that we will not be skiing in Ushuaia, Argentina this summer.  The logistics were driving me crazy, so we will skip skiing this summer.  We will be going to NY for a couple of weeks to spend time with my sister and visit friends there.

In the fall we will head to Brazil to spend some time with mom and my brother, and perhaps doing some traveling within Brazil.  There is so much of Brazil I don’t know. 

I want to do more traveling and mentioned to the boss/partner my wishes to retire sooner rather than later.  This week he sent me this laptop extender.   It will make it easier to work on the go. I got his message 🙂

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Are you watching the World Cup?  This time I am not that excited as in prior years.   I am disappointed with Brazil’s team.  There is so much politics and money involved. They draft players for reasons other than actual good playing.

Still, I am following it and trying to watch all the games.  I love the feel-good stories that come out of it.  I love the underdogs that overcome difficulties and come out on top.

Speaking of that, have you heard of Vozinha, the goalie of Cape Verde?  He is 40 years old and just so happy and excited to be at the World Cup.

Cape Verde is small African country consisting of 10 small islands.  They share my same language: Portuguese.  It is the first time that Cape Verde qualifies for the World Cup.

Vozinha exhibited so much heart in playing in his first game against Spain.  Spain is one of the favorites to win the World Cup.   It was a huge feat to tie with them, and not to concede a single goal.

A Brazilian broadcaster decided that he would stand behind Vozinha and try to get him more visibility.  They asked their viewers to follow him.  The result?  He went from under 50k followers yesterday morning, to 9.7 million now and growing.  The population in Cape Verde is 530,000.

The power of social media. The power of World Cup.  With so much tragedies, disgrace and hate these days, I look for anything to make me believe in love, heart and hope.

https://www.instagram.com/vozinha1/

I am not editing this, otherwise it will be another month before I post again. So, I am sorry for the typos.

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” ― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things