Today is my birthday, and I’m 32 years old. Assuming good genes and no accidents, I’ve lived about 1/3 of my life.

So far, I’m really happy with where my life has gone. I have wonderful wife and family. In many ways, I feel like we’re closer and communicating better than ever. We belong to a great church where I’ve really grown and met some dear friends. I’m in better shape than I’ve been in a long time through playing lots of tennis and marathon training (15-20 miles/week). Finally, I’ve started my own successful business doing the work I love.

By any metric, I’ve had a great life so far. I don’t know what’s next, but I can look back with satisfaction, and look forward to challenging myself with many new goals and adventures — onward and upward!

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

-George Bernard Shaw