To the Juggler on his 37th birthday

I know you hate celebrating the day since you did none of the work and your parents are the ones who should be congratulated. So we will start with that....

To Juggler's parents, thank you for the wise decision and the patience to have a child after you thought you would be done with child rearing - you did a fantastic job and 37 years later, it definitely seems worth it!

Birthday's, as I keep saying, are milestones of your life - another year completed, more goals achieved, more change accepted - it reminds me of where you are in your life and more importantly who you are.

This year,

• Just now, you did the boys holiday you've always wanted to do and the one you felt cheated out of
• You were asked to a representative of the music industry in India on your merit alone
• You went to Amsterdam twice
• Vienna + Prague struck off a list
• You have seen every responsibility you touch turn to gold
• You're team leading skills are appreciated - witness people willing to rejoin under your fold
• You watched your team at work grow [not physically], with pride
• Your sister praised you to the skies
• People still laugh at your jokes
• You discovered you have timing - no joke maybe but timing for sure ;-)
• You discovered remix versions of Auld Lang Syne
• You are financially secure with 0 debt
• You now own 2 pairs of Onitsuka Tigers
• as well as 2 original Yankee caps
  

There have been some setbacks:

• You were not chosen President of the U.S.A
• Your best friend passed away
• You only managed Hong Kong once in the last year
  

That's all I can think of - all in all, I think you had a good year and I don't know about you, but I'm certainly grateful for this day and you!

P.S. The juggler's response