‘This is it’. The day of joy has come. Life is a pilgrimage from one stage to another. Every stage is very significant as it leads to another stage of excitement. To reach the stage of senior adulthood at the age of sixty is a great honour in life’s destiny. It is a moment of celebration of extreme happiness for reaching a threshold of senior adulthood. Six decades on life’s pilgrimage a journey through different stages of personal developments is an assurance of a positive endeavour and anticipation to reach the age of a hundred or more years of celebrations to come. It is an incredible stage in which one can say ‘this is it I have made and I can now catch the glimpse of a bright future along the way. Life is an ongoing process. Every stage in life has been naturally designed to nourish a personality to attain all the enrichments in life. Each stage has a life fulfilment. Therefore, the age of sixty is the stage of settlement because one has travelled from far distances in life and one can then say I will settle down on this level and build my life. At the age of sixty, one has reached a higher level of senior adulthood. At the stage of senior adulthood, one has acquired a wide range of experiences to enable one to maintain a comfortable position to settle and use those experiences of life destiny to help others. At the age of sixty, one can then say ‘this is it’ I have found the reason for my life. I have found the reason why I was made. I have found my destiny. I will settle in destiny to live the fullness of my life. At the age of sixty, one deserves greater respect, human dignity and supports to enable one to impart a rich knowledge to others to create a legacy of inspiration to motivate many to live longer, because, at the age of sixty, one has acquired a significant understanding of life potential that can be fruitful to nourish and strengthen other’s lives. At the age of sixty, one’s path in life becomes clear as crystal. Greater opportunities, ambitions and aspirations emerge along the way to produce a spontaneous and positive effect in life to meet all challenges. Above all, it is a moment of celebration of reaching such a high level in life and the benefits that life brings. ‘This is it.’ It is a happy birthday. It is a successful pilgrimage. Happiness does not only consist of material possessions but having the greatest opportunities to live longer to enjoy life’s aspirations. This is the essence of the celebration of the sixtieth birthday as one reaches the highest actualization of life destiny. ‘This is it.’ It is a stage of reflection to implement all the great ideas that have been bestowed upon one’s destiny. One reaching the age of sixty is a very clear indication that life’s pilgrimage had been very successful indeed and greater things are yet to come. ‘This is it.’ It is a stage that all ups and downs have been perfectly balanced that points to a higher ground of achievements. To join one in celebrating the sixtieth birthday is to enter into the radial of a perfect stage of destiny the centre of one’s innermost blisses which becomes contagious of long life spreading to all the guests and guests of honours. ‘This is it.’ The sixtieth birthday is to make a fortune of treasures of riches and long life. ‘This Is it. The celebration has come. ‘This is it. Greater opportunities have come. ‘This is it. Greater ambitions have come. ‘This is it. Greater aspirations have come. ‘This is it. Greater achievements have come. ‘This is it.’ The time of settlement has come. ‘This is it. Greater inspirations have come. ‘This is it’. Contagious blisses have come. ‘This is it.’ Happiness has come. ‘This is it.’ The Big Day of Celebration of Sixtieth Birthday has come. ‘This is it.
Francis Asante-Boadu
