Yes, let’s celebrate life!  And to celebrate life, we must not just be alive but be fully alive; that is, we must find fulfillment and gratification and enjoy whatever we do, no matter how simple, no matter how sublime. Whether it’s making a bake or baking a cake, for Winner’s sake let’s find joy in what we do, just as I now do in front of you.

Each of us is blessed with individual talents. So, it is incumbent upon us to develop them fully and use them productively. The goal is not about being opulent or being adorned with exotic jewelry; it’s simply about multiplying the talents we have as we strive to satisfy our needs and to serve others.

And we can achieve this because we are indeed more formidable and able than we really think we are. But at times we may have permitted mediocrity to creep in and allowed our disappointments and negative experiences to distort our reasoning.