Words of Worth

“Better than your day of birth…”

Today is the 13^th anniversary of my 50^th birthday! I do not think I have ever publicly announced my birthday as I typically leave that to others. However, today is a different kind of birthday because I spent the majority of it at a funeral. Today, the celebration of life was not of my life, but of the life of a dear friend, Ruth Yoder, whose funeral was today. Many of my kind friends were concerned I spent the actual day of my birthday at Ruth’s funeral, however, I did not mind because it caused…

“Better than your day of birth…”

Imagine that Solomon were your substitute teacher for a day and he gave you this quiz:

True or False

1. I like thinking about my birthday better than my dying day.
2. I like weddings better than funerals.
3. I like laughing better than crying.
4. I like compliments better than criticism.

If you answered “true” to any, or all of the questions, you would have done poorly in class that day because…