One thing I am mindful of as I get older is that our time on this planet is finite. Yes, it's an obvious thing to say but we sometimes take life for granted, particularly when we are young. As I'm in decent health and fit enough to do all the things I want to do whilst being just two years off the State Pension age I find myself getting happier year on year. I am cramming in more and more travel and events knowing that the balloon may go up at any time or decrepitude may suddenly ensue. (Ironically, I cashed in my two years of superannuated pension when I was twenty as I didn't think I would live this long!).
I am far less grumpy than I used to be and if people want to celebrate a birthday good luck to them, you old curmudgeon.
Sending you a bottle of Sanatogen and a Werther's Original, Divine Wright..... but do cheer up, old bean