l'chaim!

Today is my birthday and how apt that I recently came across Jewish symbol for chai "life!"

The Symbolic Meaning of Chai
Judaism is a religion that emphasizes the importance of life. Jews are encouraged to be good, ethical people (mensches) and enjoy the time they are given on Earth. A common Jewish toast is “l’chaim!,” which means, “to life!.” It is said at celebrations in anticipation of all the good things to come.
Because it means “life,” the Chai is consequently a symbol that captures an important aspect of Judaism. According to the gematria, which is a mystical tradition that assigns a numerological value to Hebrew letters, the letters Het (ח) and Yud (י) add up to the number 18. The Het has a value of 8 and the yud has a value of 10. As a result, 18 is a popular number that represents good luck. At weddings, bar mitzvahs and other events Jews often give gifts of money in multiples of 18, symbolically giving the recipient the gift of “life” or luck. 

My birthday is the 10th day on the 8th month (18)
My lucky number has always been the #8 for the symbol of INFINITY, so while individual lives may be finite, LIFE is infinite

Quotes I am fond of....
the unexamined life isn't worth living ~Socrate's
if we don't know life, how can we know death? ~Confucious
live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever ~Gandhi
wake up and live ~Bob Marley
life is what you make of it, it always has and always will be ~ Elanor Roosevelt
Carpe diem-Horace
don't count the days, make the days count~Muhammad Ali
Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it is the only time we have ~Art Buchwald

To LIFE!