Apropos of the end of the year 

From the great poet from Seville, Spain, Don Antonio Machado), one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation del 98.

Extracto de Proverbios y cantares (XXIX)

Caminante, son tus huellas; el camino y nada más; Caminante, no hay camino,; se hace camino al andar.  Al andar se hace el camino, y al volver la vista atrás se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante no hay camino, sino estelas en la mar.

Wayfarer, the only way Is your footprints and no other. Wayfarer, there is no way. Make your way by going farther. By going farther, make your way Looking back at where you’ve wandered, You look back on that path you may Not set foot on from now onward. Wayfarer, there is no way; but wakes on the sea…