What are birthdays? I’d assume its the day you were born. But what’s the significance of it? I have no concrete ideas although I do have several theories.
With age comes responsibility, getting older means getting wiser. Hopefully wise enough to know but still young enough to do it. Getting old is a right of passage of sorts. A transition from being you depending on others to others depending on you now.
Another thing might be to remind people about how much time has past and how much time is left. An entire year spent with little or no successes? Bummer. Better kick it into high gear, time’s running out.
Conversely birthdays might be a sign to slow down. In this day and age sometimes we live too fast, too furious. Wouldn't want life to pass us by like a blurry line of a car racing past. Later in life, we usually learn to enjoy the little things in between more rather than Big things (cars, vacations, hotels).
Lastly, cake. Birthdays is nature’s way of telling you to eat more cake.
If its your birthday today as you read this, then I wish you happy birthday. May life keep giving you lemons for you to make lemonade. (Or any other fruit you want, its just a metaphor)
With age comes responsibility, getting older means getting wiser. Hopefully wise enough to know but still young enough to do it. Getting old is a right of passage of sorts. A transition from being you depending on others to others depending on you now.
Another thing might be to remind people about how much time has past and how much time is left. An entire year spent with little or no successes? Bummer. Better kick it into high gear, time’s running out.
Conversely birthdays might be a sign to slow down. In this day and age sometimes we live too fast, too furious. Wouldn't want life to pass us by like a blurry line of a car racing past. Later in life, we usually learn to enjoy the little things in between more rather than Big things (cars, vacations, hotels).
Lastly, cake. Birthdays is nature’s way of telling you to eat more cake.
If its your birthday today as you read this, then I wish you happy birthday. May life keep giving you lemons for you to make lemonade. (Or any other fruit you want, its just a metaphor)
