Happy Birthday Entry for Lem
How do you measure your life?
Is there an equation that would determine the value of your life? Like:
x = how much money you made ÷ how many years you lived
If we were to use this equation, your x value would be very low as of yet. In all our years of being friends, I can't remember a single instance of getting a free meal from you. I think it's safe to say that career-wise, nothing impressive has happened so far. You have a job that you hate... or at least a boss you aren't really fond of. You have ADHD. You get harassed all the time by people you don't want harassing you. You do not have a love life as far as I know. As for the years lived, you're not 25 yet. If you die tomorrow, that's such a waste of resources, you have not lived out your life yet.
But since this is a happy birthday entry, let's change the tone of this message.
You are going to be a lawyer soon. Even if your grades don't qualify you for OPF, you have never flunked anything, and that's more than you can say than for most people. You've qualified for scholarship longer more times than anyone I know. Your resume is impressive. After you get out of law school, the world will be yours for the taking. I know you'll get any job you want (and that 100 Most Influential spot isn't impossible). You're amusingly weird, sarcastically funny and you have a great taste in music. Although you get harassed, at least you know there's somebody interested in you. You do not want a love life yet, and that's such a good thing sometimes, because you're free from all the heartache, and there's always porn if you ever get "lonely". You care about the world. You are spiritually stable. You have so many friends who care about you. There are many others who'd love to get to know you if they were given the chance. You know what you want, and know where you want to go. You're only 24. You are young. You have so many things ahead of you. I know you will go far in this world because you are one of the most caring, driven, goal-oriented and sarcastic people I know. There are more things to list here because you've got it all going on, but I'd better cut my message a bit short, because our other friends will get jealous if we compare the effort I put in here with the short notes I wrote on their birthday cards.
So before you become 25 with a quarter-life crisis, enjoy this new year - a year which will involve a lot of endings and a lot more of beginnings.
Happy birthday, Lem the phlegm!
Is there an equation that would determine the value of your life? Like:
x = how much money you made ÷ how many years you lived
If we were to use this equation, your x value would be very low as of yet. In all our years of being friends, I can't remember a single instance of getting a free meal from you. I think it's safe to say that career-wise, nothing impressive has happened so far. You have a job that you hate... or at least a boss you aren't really fond of. You have ADHD. You get harassed all the time by people you don't want harassing you. You do not have a love life as far as I know. As for the years lived, you're not 25 yet. If you die tomorrow, that's such a waste of resources, you have not lived out your life yet.
But since this is a happy birthday entry, let's change the tone of this message.
You are going to be a lawyer soon. Even if your grades don't qualify you for OPF, you have never flunked anything, and that's more than you can say than for most people. You've qualified for scholarship longer more times than anyone I know. Your resume is impressive. After you get out of law school, the world will be yours for the taking. I know you'll get any job you want (and that 100 Most Influential spot isn't impossible). You're amusingly weird, sarcastically funny and you have a great taste in music. Although you get harassed, at least you know there's somebody interested in you. You do not want a love life yet, and that's such a good thing sometimes, because you're free from all the heartache, and there's always porn if you ever get "lonely". You care about the world. You are spiritually stable. You have so many friends who care about you. There are many others who'd love to get to know you if they were given the chance. You know what you want, and know where you want to go. You're only 24. You are young. You have so many things ahead of you. I know you will go far in this world because you are one of the most caring, driven, goal-oriented and sarcastic people I know. There are more things to list here because you've got it all going on, but I'd better cut my message a bit short, because our other friends will get jealous if we compare the effort I put in here with the short notes I wrote on their birthday cards.
So before you become 25 with a quarter-life crisis, enjoy this new year - a year which will involve a lot of endings and a lot more of beginnings.
Happy birthday, Lem the phlegm!