(CNN Spanish) — No one can stop Shakira and she is ready to start 2023 with a lot of love and, above all, confidence.
The Colombian singer —who recently separated from her partner of years, the Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué— posted a heartwarming New Year’s messageor on his social networks in which he talks about moving forward despite adversity. Does it sound cliche? Wait till you read it.
The artist said in her message – which could well be a song – that although “the wounds continue to be open”, it is necessary to leave him “everything at the same time”, because he says, in a beautiful way, he “has the hands of a surgeon”.
“Even if someone has betrayed us, we must continue to trust.
In the face of contempt, continue to value yourself.
Because there are more good people than indecent,
more empathetic than indolent people.
There are fewer who leave and more who remain by our sideShakira wrote.
And he continues with a message about present sadness and the coming future:
“Our tears are not a waste.
They water the soil where the future will be born and make us more human
so that in the midst of heartbreak you can continue to love“.
Shakira and Piqué confirmed their separation in June 2022 after 12 years of relationship.
The two met 12 years ago when the Catalan footballer appeared in the music video for Shakira’s song “Waka Waka”, the official song of the 2010 World Cup. They both have two children: Milan, born in 2013, and Sasha. , in 2015.
Months later, in September of last year, the Colombian spoke publicly for the first time about her separation from the soccer player.
Shakira said that her divorce proceedings and problems with the Spanish Treasury have been “probably the darkest stage of my life.”
The Colombian faces a case for alleged tax fraud against the Spanish justice, which asks for more than 8 years in prison (she denies all the accusations and told ELLE that going to trial is “a matter of principle”). In addition, her father, who is one of her greatest emotional supports, suffered falls last year that caused bruises and fractures; And, added to this, the separation from Piqué and the situation suffered by her children due to this fact.
“But I think that women are resilient, you know?” He added to Elle magazine in Spain
“I get by, I guess, by reminding myself that I need to be an example for my children, that I need to be what they want me to be, and what I want them to become,” recalled Shakira, who said that when she felt that he had no strength and “as if he had no legs”, he took them out writing songs and that’s how he felt like he was reviving.
