A Birthday Wish

Today is my birthday and I'm six years old..
Okay i didn't really complete that sentence, today is my birthday and I'm six years older than twenty. Although i wish i was just six years old, running around a cake and goodies clad dining table, in a pretty pink frock playing treasure hunt and dancing statues with my friends. But I'm not, and that's because everyone grows up, making a lot of people trying their best to defy their ages in the process, I don't really understand why. Everyone goes through all the numbers from 1 to 80 - 90 maybe even more, and each number is just too special to hide from others!

As children we get conditioned every year by the gifts we receive, the parties our parents throw, the attention we get from our friends, that its OUR day. We deserve to be pampered! After all its the day when we came to life and since we are all so unique and special, we need to celebrate ourselves. So I am that I am, I'll spend plenty on shopping for myself, Ill make a wish list for myself, have a cake and eat it too, call friends to share my happiness! Some people think it is another year to cherish our lives, as we have lived it by defying death. So is that why we celebrate our birthdays? I love what Sam Vaknin, an iconoclastic columnist (according to twitter), has to say about birthdays - "Birthdays are expressions of unbridled, blind faith in our own suspended mortality" - Its like an achievement, and a very narcissistic one.


So then, why do we celebrate our birthdays? To mark an end to our previous year? Or to start the beginning of a new fruitful year? Or Is birthday that day of the year which isn't a part of either the past or the future? If that is so, what can we really do to make this the most beautiful day. Why did the universe contrive for us to be born on this special day anyway? What can we do for it, to be grateful, if at all? At this point, the reasons get subjective. For me it starts with writing this post, being aware, a general feeling of giving a bit of yourself away for the benefit of this world, the planet, its people. You might be thinking, 'oh I could put some money into charity' or 'be nice to people you dislike' or 'donate and not waste food'. But one doesn't need to do things that are considered as kindness by society, it really is how you feel within and whatever makes it, lets try and do it on our birthday!

I have to admit, what I've written is just a seed for my soul, I cant say I'm there yet completely, but i really hope that soon i will celebrate a whole hearted, selfless birthday. Peace. Love. Happiness.