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birthday
It’s going to be my birthday on Saturday, along with perhaps 19 million other people. Good Lord, though – how did this happen so fast? Heard a guy saying the other day, and I think he is right: days are long & years are fast.
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Birthdays are interesting. I remember wishing my children a happy birthday for whatever year… and asking whether they were happy with what they had achieved so far, comparing it with what they wanted to achieve by the time that age was doubled. “Have yu got half of what you want to do by the time you are twice this age?”
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I’m not sure whether I have done half of what I want to by the time that I am 132 years old :)