On birthdays in her family, rather than being showered with presents and treated as someone special, you were asked to make the case of why, in the previous year, you had lived the best year that you could. You did get a cake, but first you had to share what you had done for other people and how you had contributed. I was struck by the profound idea, even for little kids: the concept that you needed to make a case that you were living life in a way that was worth it, in a way that was giving to others. You are here for a reason, and you should be grateful for every year, and be ready to do the
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