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1st May 2004,

Labor Day

2004 has been an important year and we might expect more turbulence as well as progress this year.

An interesting experience was my visit to Kiev in Ukraine in the middle of a 'velvet' revolution. Europe wake up again! This experience was the germ of my usual annual poem. Enjoy it.

A drop of water in the sea of Asov
where could it be?
A brick in the wall, did it make any change?
Life itself is telling otherwise,
not all bricks are equal.
Just like the butterfly can create a storm,
flapping its wings
and people can get killed for it.

Freedom of speech
Freedom of thought
Freedom of work
Freedom to work
Freedom to exist
Freedom to be.

Velvet is the revolution, orange its color.
The step is small and the road is long.
It did make a change, nobody got hurt
and people started dreaming again.

Best wishes for 2005 and beyond

Eric.Verhulst@OpenLicenseSociety.org

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