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My Birthday

By karen | September 28, 2006

Another year has passed and again it is time to celebrate my birthday.  As I think back on the life I have lived and the things I have learned I know that I can look forward to the future with joy and expectation and I look back with no regrets. 

As I look at my reflection in the mirror, I see a few more laugh lines, but I have decided that the only lines on my face that count as wrinkles are the lines caused by frowning.  A line on my face that is caused from smiling and laughing will just add character and beauty.  I will rejoice in those lines.  They are the marks of a life well lived. 

I have learned to let go of the things I cannot control.  I cannot control others opinion of me yet I can control what is really important.  I can control what I think of myself.  When I treat myself with dignity, love and respect, my life works.  I can do anything when I feel good about myself.

From now on I will indulge in life’s pleasures with joy and abandon.  For too long, and too many times, I felt guilty about indulgences like desserts.  I didn’t weigh any more the next day, yet I let that moment of joy and pleasure get away because I was a slave to the scale.  No more, from now on, if I indulge, I will enjoy! I will not deny myself any of life’s pleasures for absurd reasons, and trying to please an inanimate object such as a scale is absurd!

From now on I will do my part to bring out the best in others.  I want to be one of those people that make other people feel good about themselves. I will look for and see the best in them and in turn they will see it within themselves.  I will see beauty and the best of everyone and everything.  

Today and everyday I will laugh and dance and sing.  I will create Joy in my life.  I will enjoy the times of my life whatever it brings

And as I age and on my next birthday, I will remember that I measure my life in moments of Joy rather than the passing of years.

Happy Birthday to Me!

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3 Responses to “My Birthday”

  1. Zubli Zainordin Says:
    January 27th, 2007 at 4:29 pm

    Know thyself!

    Who am I?

    I am me, and any my or any mine, is not who I am.

    Happy birthday to you, every moments in your entire life.

    Welcome home to all who have discovered the “I” at the place a special space, in the center of beingness.

    Congratulation to those who have found the way to awaken the giant within. Yes, the “I” a natural and original giant.

  2. karen Says:
    January 27th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    Thank you, Zubli!

  3. Priscilla Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 2:31 pm

    Happy Birthday twice! A year late, and again for this year.

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