“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
—Voltair
“Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated.”
—Osho
Birthdays are a blessing. Once a year we gather with family and friends. Celebrating each others life is a good reminder to be grateful for what we have. When we honor our birthdays, we’re honoring our mothers who gave birth to us. Special thanks to Michelle and Kyle who cooked up a storm for the occasion; to my dearest Cecile, the best life partner and friend I could ever hope for, who brought the birthday cake from “Icing on the Cake," our son Jason and his partner Alex, Kyle’s mom, Kim and Al Chien and last but not least our loving and entertaining granddaughters Lyla and Emmy whom we all cherish and adore and are the light of our lives.
Speaking of light, I would like to share a wisdom story by Naomi Ramen, bestselling author of Kitchen Table Wisdom, a modern retelling of a timeless story about The Birthday of the World:
“In the beginning, there was only darkness, and then a great ray of light ended the darkness and the world was born—the world of a thousand things. It was filled with light. Then something unexpected happened, and the light of the world broke into millions of sparks of light. These sparks
fell everywhere. They fell into everyone and everything. This is why you were born and I was born, and everyone was born—to find the light…”
Love and light to all,
Dennis
