17th of February



This is an important day of the year for me. I tend to become so emotionally vulnerable on this day. I don't know why, but maybe it's because I share the pain that my mother felt when she brought me to this world. It ain't a joke for a woman to go through the pains of labor and the roller coaster ride of emotions she has to endure afterwards.


Well, without getting too confusing, let me just say that birthdays are but a reminder to each and everyone of us that indeed life is so precious to be taken for granted. It's a day for us to acknowledge the many blessings that we have despite whatever kind of hardships we may be going through.


A birthday is a celebration of many good things: another shot at life to become wiser, become richer in spirit; another chance to be able to connect and reach out to other human beings; another chance to find out and live our purpose in this life; another chance to becoming a better person than we were a year ago, but above all, another chance to love and be loved.


To me, the flowers, the candles, the cake, the presents and the celebration is a subconscious way of addressing the very real essence of one's life.


The gift of life is just wonderful. And indeed with such gift, we should cherish every moment; try to live each day as if it were the last. And for every year that comes, we should count our blessings twice--that we're still here to feel the hugs and kisses of the people that we hold dear and that we are still able to reciprocate their love by expressing the same.


And the wrinkles? That's the essence of being human--alive and breathing! Wouldn't that be sad if we stayed young forever? We'll be like a very nice vase that was kept in the closet for years and didn't even have the chance to touch a flower, thus, remained new forever. I mean only lifeless things almost always stay and look the same with the passing of time. Right? We are not lifeless. We are alive, and so let time or age take a toll on our physical being but keep our inner self ageless. That way, our birthdays will always be counted, thanked for and celebrated.


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