Random Thoughts

3 days ago it was my birthday, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that so many people remembered to wish me, both in person and over internet. what made this year unique for me is that i even got a beautiful present, something which i hadn't got before on my earlier birthdays.

people wished several things for me, some of which were normal which anybody says, and some of which were personal which they had written especially for me. the one wish that struck me most was written by a friend of mine here, and it said

"Happy birthday D. I wish you that you surpass all the benchmarks you set for yourself."

this is one wish that I would like to ask not only on one birthday, and not even on all my remaining birthdays, but every day of my life. I wish that when i am lying on my deathbed, I should be able to say proudly to my grandchildren that I always set the highest benchmarks for myself, and always surpassed them. and in the process, i also changed the lives of the people i met, both in the personal and professional life. and i changed them for better. i always motivated them to reach beyond their limits, and was at their service when they needed that.

if i would be able to say that, i don't think i will have any regret about how my life ends or how early it ends. after all, as they say, it is not the years in your life, but life in your years that counts.