Archive for June 3rd, 2008
Happy Birthday!
My Birthday Cake, January 2008 
Sometimes you realize that there are words you simply like to say (or to hear).
“Happy Birthday!” is something I love to say! And hear! 
It reminds me that I sort of have my own personal holiday — a simple pleasure. One of which is not always celebrated like I would prefer or ever enjoy, and that is irrelevant to most of the world. However, it remains my holiday.
So, if today is your birthday — Happy Birthday! 
If it is not your birthday, Happy Birthday! anyway. After all, you did have a birth day! Um, you were birthed and you are reading this …
Celebrate your life!
Yes, celebrate the good, the bad and the ugly because it made you who you are today. Because your life experiences provided you with the resources you currently have to journey onward! Recycle what you have, warm yourself by the fire as you burn what you don’t want or simply let go of what you don’t need anymore. You have the choice … Will you celebrate, even as a form of acceptance and resolve? Will you at least consider it?
Additionally, I encourage you to celebrate even If (and especially if!) you don’t “feel” like celebrating. {{hugs}}
Feelings change; they are unpredictable and likened to a sugar rush or a rollercoaster ride. Thus, they are not very accurate barometers by which to sail or fly (or crawl) through Life by.
Life is ever-changing; it has twists and turns, good times and bad. The tough times allow us to know when the easy times are coming! (I know, I know. Said words make me cringe, too. But I am also blessed to hear them when I am convinced that easier times will never come … When I am convinced I will never “exhale” again as I race through Life.)
If and when Life gets a little too “real” and you want to know where the proverbial EXIT door is located … Pause. Breathe. Release.
If “it” comes back, practice your catch and release technique. Find your courage … We are always stronger than we think we are. I know this because I have experienced my own “hidden strength” … Read more.
For You formed my inward parts;You wove me in my mother’s womb. ~Psalm 139:13
