Happy Birthday To YOU!
Dave Block
Jewish Believer in Yeshua (Jesus) The Messiah / Volunteer With Chosen People Ministries
As children we all loved our birthdays. Maybe it was the presents. Or chocolate cake with sprinkles. Or the party where we got to invite all our friends. Maybe it was because that day was about YOU and we loved the attention we received – it made us feel SPECIAL.
There was a certain excitement about growing up. To be taller. To be faster. To be smarter. To be more like our parents or role models. To get closer to being adults who got to do whatever they wanted to do.
But as adults, somewhere, somehow, we can lose that excitement to celebrate. Our life gets wrapped up in work, life and getting by. We have families, kids, illness, financial pressures among a million other things on our plates. So celebrating our birthday seems, well, a bit much. We’re either too tired, not in the mood, don’t feel like it, don’t want to make it a “big deal”, hate surprises, or we hate getting older so why celebrate at all? Sound familiar?
Every day just seems like another day. And yet, it is NOT. Because having birthdays reminds us that our TIME is ticking. We are NOT getting any younger. Our life on EARTH is passing us by.
It’s only natural to get reflective when you are fortunate enough to reach age milestones like 21, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100.
In fact, the older you get, the more important it is to celebrate your birthday.
It’s confirmation you have another day on this Earth to LIVE. The older you get, the more you’ve done. Take stock of your life and give yourself a huge pat on the back. You’ve done a lot! Aging means you’ve had more time to LOVE and more opportunities and people to LOVE.
That’s wonderful!
When you celebrate your birthday, you are NOT celebrating your accomplishments, your achievements, the great things you have done in life, or the dreams you have fulfilled.
No, you celebrate your birthday because your life has VALUE apart from what you have done. You are worth celebrating, whether or not you’ve done something significant, special or great with your life. You have VALUE and DIGNITY and WORTH.
Because in celebrating your birthday, you are REMINDING yourself and reminding others that every life has VALUE. Every life is IMPORTANT. Every life is precious: yours, theirs, and the life of every human being on the planet.
Birthdays are a good reminder of what GOD has given us. For the miracle of birth is one of God’s greatest miracles and God’s greatest blessings.
So, feel grateful for having been loved and cherished as you count your blessings for what you have today.
Be grateful you have survived another year, surrounded by people who will celebrate with you, care about you and who love you. Today, you have these people. Tomorrow, you may not. So, realize how many blessings have come into your life this year – one being YOU!
Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday to YOU, they say it’s your birthday, let’s celebrate the great YOU!
CATCH GRATITUDE!
Bachelor Of Science (BS) University Of Phoenix
9 年Love this perspective on milestones. No matter if it's birthdays or anything that requires steps and takes time it's important to set milestones in order to measure progress. Personally I have spoken with many people about age milestones and have noticed among people in their 30's most speak of a hidden milestone of life direction and enlightenment at the age of 25. It seems from my experience and many opinions of others that we don't truly know what we want to do with our life enough to commit to something long term until we hit that 25 mark. Have you run into anyone that has the same perspective?
Bachelor Of Science (BS) University Of Phoenix
9 年Love this perspective on milestones. No matter if it's birthdays or anything that requires steps and takes time it's important to set milestones in order to measure progress. Personally I have spoken with many people about age milestones and have noticed among people in their 30's most speak of a hidden milestone of life direction and enlightenment at the age of 25. It seems from my experience and many opinions of others that we don't truly know what we want to do with our life enough to commit to something long term until we hit that 25 mark. Have you run into anyone that has the same perspective?