Happy 40th Birthday!

To Myself,

Happy 40th Birthday!

I wish you nothing but happiness and may Allah SWT bless you with good health, wealth. I hope all you dreams come true.

I am sure you are grateful to have become the person you are today. On this day, I hope you have looked back 9 years back and be wondering where you will be or most importantly what you have accomplished reaching the big forty! 

Since you were little, probably age 5 or 6, you are a strong believer that dreams do come true if you work hard towards it. So, on this day I hope all your dreams have come true. 

I hope that you have attended the most profound business school Harvard, MIT or Insead to name a few. You have studied in the United States just like your parents did before. Not only that, you have also made a mark in one of your classes as one of the best, like you always did in school. 

By now at the age of 40, you are probably the business head for the company you are currently working with, in which you finally got your own room with a coat wardrobe not coat rack like you used to. You office room is facing the blue skies and you'll be working late with some music background like you always do. 

Apart from pursuing your dreams in a corporate world, I also hope that you have beautiful family to support and to shower you with love. Your eldest child is probably in primary school and your youngest is still in kindy. I hope they carry your personality and positive attitude that you have instill in them. 

Your father and siblings would be proud of you they would look up to be just like you one day. Your relationship with them is as strong as ever and you have made your mom so proud to be the big sister that she has trained you for. 

Having said that, my only hope to you is that you are genuinely happy where you are right now and continue to dream bigger. I do hope that despite all the obstacles that you had to go through you still remain true to yourself and continue to love your family, your friends and most importantly is to love yourself. In chasing your dreams to become who you are today, I hope you have not forgotten that all was given with the blessing of Allah SWT and be thankful to Him everyday. Remember not to pursue wealth in the expense of your own happiness. Be happy in whatever you do and continue to strive for success as I believe you are destined to do great things. 

Dream big! 

Love, 

Your 30 years old Self