Birthday Celebrations

As one gets older, one stops enjoying one's birthdays. But today was something special.

Yesterday, Shreeram our sysadmin, was doing a demo of OpenEnrich in our conference room and was creating a profile for me. One of the required information in my profile was my date of birth and I gave it hesitantly.

Then I also announced to everyone in the room that the date happened to be tomorrow and that I would like to celebrate it with my family --- all my team-members and offered that I would buy everyone lunch the next day.

Today, I was pleasantly surprised to come to the conference room at lunch time to see a birthday cake with candles waiting for me.

Moreover, when one reaches a certain age (I prefer not to disclose it), one comes to a point when one does not start enjoying birthdays.

For me, this day has been a day of recokning to make me understand that most successful people have been successful after the age of forty. Maybe the best years for me to be the highest productive has just started.

At this age, most people come to what's normally referred to as 'mid-life crisis'. For me it is more of a day to get my batteries recharged to march ahead with added determination.

The cake that my team bought me today tasted much better than any of the cakes I have had in my life... and I do not think it was because it was bought at a special bakery. I think it has that special ingredient that I will cherish for a long time...