Comments on: Happy Birthday

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:33:42 +0000

Sophie, Thanks for your comment! I am very impressed by your attitude and how you deal with your condition. The best philosophy is always to play the hand that you are dealt and make it work for you. Many thanks for your good wishes!

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:29:19 +0000

Scott, This is a powerful question, particularly for someone who is 84. The answer is: absolutely. I would do everything that I have done before. It is possible I could have done some of it better, but it is the mark of a well-spent life where I can tell you honestly, I have no regrets. We all come to a fork in the road and can always speculate on what might have happened if I took the other road. But, considering the results, and in hindsight, with minor variations I would make the same decisions.

By: Sophie Morel

Sophie Morel — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:48:17 +0000

Happy birthday Jack and Hillary.
I think Jack that one should learn to think the way you think at the earliest age possible because one learn to enjoy the day a little bit too late for my tast.
Fortunately i have a great and beautiful familly who taugh be -sometimes the hard way- to enjoy every minute of the day to make it special to you, to your loved ones and to the others.
I am trying hard to do that, to enjoy and take a step back to just enjoy the minute i am living! I know that now it is hard between, kids, jobs, husband and all but still i do think that one HAS to enjoy life and take the time to enjoy it.
It always makes me wonder how possible it is that one finds time to enjoy his/her final months or weeks (when one learns that he/she has a terminal disease for instance) and then, one cannot do it before that bad news!
I think that i am happy and lucky that one day i got a wake up call, when I was 15 years old and doctors told me i would become blind because, then i got it in my face, even though it is not a big deal compare to a terminal disease, it helped me realize that each and every moment of life is a gift, and I tell you that since my mom recovered from a stroke i have been enjoying each moment even more than before!!!
so happy birthday to each of you and may it be one very special one to you both.
Kisses from Paris.

By: Scott Weintraub

Scott Weintraub — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:42:36 +0000

Hillary and Jack – Happy Birthday to both of you! It was great to her your perspectives on the past, present and future, and life's goals. Personally, I greatly look forward to the future – marriage, family, and many of life's blessings.

Jack – one question comes to mind. I imagine you might not be the type of person to dwell on the past, but … if you had to do it all over again, is there anything you would have done differently?

Hillary – Is there one thing (or perhaps more than one) that you have learned from Jack's experiences that you hope to use in your own life?