It is indeed the holiday season now. As a tradition, we send and receive a large amount of short messages recently. Today I received such a message from an old friend of mine:

The end of the year is drawing close. Who is the person that you should thank most in the year 2007? Who has given you a guide when you are at a loss? Who has ignited your life that would otherwise have been commonplace? Please do not blurt out my name. Be low-profile... Be low-profile...

It is just a witty message and I could have ignored it. But isn't this a time that we reflect on our greatest achievements and biggest failures and those we are most indebted to at the same time?