Justice Clarence Thomas (Screen Capture)

To celebrate the birthday of Clarence Thomas, his wife Ginni has posted a video honoring the Supreme Court justice on her Facebook page. “Check out my personal birthday tribute video to the Best Man Walking the Face of the Earth, Clarence Thomas, who turns 70 on Saturday, June 23rd,” Ginni Thomas says in her post.

“May we have many many more years of love and laughter,” Mrs. Thomas says.

The video explores the challenges Justice Thomas has overcome throughout his life and examines some of his most impressive accomplishments. It describes how Justice Thomas lifted himself from poverty to attend Yale law school and, eventually, join the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the video, Justice Thomas describes his philosophy for dealing with detractors and spiteful critics:

“Do not worry whether someone is going to say something hateful about you; don’t worry whether they’re going to calumniate you; don’t worry whether they say good things about you; it doesn’t matter.”

“What really matters is whether or not you do what you are called to do,” he says.

“Clarence Thomas is not the result of a social program, some intervention, where friendly people lifted him up, it came from within him and his family, just amazing the things he overcame,” one of Thomas’ colleagues says in the video.

Justice Thomas says his life is proof that miracles do indeed happen:

“You know it’s always interesting to me when people say, ‘Well I don’t believe in miracles.’ Well, I have no other explanations, it doesn’t add up.”

The video closes with heartwarming pictures of the Justice Thomas and his wife, Ginni.