After 80 Years of Being Holy and True Speech

After 80 Years
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My 80th Birthday
I subscribe to the ideology that holiness entails knowing God's purpose and call for you and then living your life to fulfill that call. In my life, I made choices and decisions that did not go well with everyone, but all in all, I remained true to myself. I held on to what I believed was right and what I considered holy. Although everyone did not support this, in the end, it brought joy to my life because it was true to me. I want to welcome you all to this party as we celebrate my birthday.
Most of my family members and friends are opposed to the idea of traveling for fun, arguing that traveling should be motivated by business motives. They believe that if you are to travel outside the country, it should be for business purposes. Otherwise, they consider it a waste of money. At the age of 35, my wife and I had just welcomed our firstborn, and everyone around us felt that we needed to take more time off traveling and work to concentrate on parenting. I had informed them that I wanted to go to Mexico with three of my friends, a much unwelcome idea. However, my heart was set to travel to Mexico, and nothing stopped this. I set off against the will of everyone else. I believed this was the right time for me to visit as much as I could, only that I could not take my wife with me due to the small baby. My trip to Mexico was the best I have e...