A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

This is from a Hallmark card that was given to me in celebration of my birthday; I am so delighted to get some more of my proverbial flowers of appreciation before I die so that I can smell them, feel them and see them and be even more self-fulfilled with more awareness of the appreciation that some others have for my having lived. I'm sharing it because it's nice to be appreciated and some who read it may empathize with me realizing that the same applies to you in regards to you and your respective birthdays:


"LET'S CELEBRATE YOU

It's nice to have a day set aside to celebrate you. All too often you go about your daily routine and responsibilities without hearing how much you matter to everyone around you.

That's why it's good to have a day just to celebrate you. and to assure you that you really do make a difference.

Happy Birthday."

ABOUT PHILOSOPHY

There is no body of knowledge called philosophy; and, unlike science, philosophy is NOT based upon facts; therefore, it is wiser to LEARN HOW TO PHILOSOPHIZE rather than to learn PHILOSOPHY. It is important to realize that the activity of philosophizing is not going to produce a set of cut-and-dried answers to clearly stated problems. We shall be moving in a world where 'one can't tell,' 'it all depends,' 'it's a matter of opinion,' will be essentially and frequently recurring phrases.