Sydney where the Opera House is just a come on picture in the tourists' brochure, becomes a reality when my eldest daughter moved into the city to work as a programmer (now as CIO); since then, every last quarter of the year I spent, with my wife, 1-3 months of vacation in that beautiful city. When my group of consultants to the UNEP firmed up our meeting skeds the first week of April in relation to meetings of other user levels of our output, I got the fringe benefit of spending my birthday in different countries of the world. The first in Melbourne, Australia followed by US in San Francisco, Argentina in Buenos Aires and Croatia in Dubrovnic - an open-ended opportunity.
Birthdays, to most people especially the young ones, means celebrations capped with food, wine, gifts, families and friends. Few have missed that birthdays are celebrations of life, of love and a time of thanksgiving to the One who gives us the blessings of health and quality life.
Let's give this a thought, a deeper meaning, seek for our purpose of living.
