Well, my dad is no longer here. Does he know that people, including me, still celebrate his birthday? Who knows? But we celebrate anyway, because we’re celebrating for us. And what we’re really celebrating is not so much a birthday but rather the love we have for him — and the fact that our mutual love for him brings us together in Love.

John O’Donohue also said: “There’s something really holy in celebration. Real celebration is about the lyrical dance of joy at the center of the human heart.”