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My Birthday
By karen | September 7, 2007
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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September 7th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Happy Birthday Karen!
There is a lot of wisdom within this post. I enjoyed it a lot
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Peter
September 7th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Thanks Peter!
September 7th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Happy Birthday Karen
September 7th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Happy Birthday, Karen!
I know what you mean about the lines. I always said that my physical appearance wasn’t that important to me (I guess I’m the exact opposite of a metrosexual), but I looked in the mirror the other day and said “What the heck are those things around my eyes???” LOL.
“Moments of joy rather than passing of years.” Beautiful.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Hi Karen, happy birthday!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Thanks Lyman! Yes, sometimes those little lines can be a bit scary! What happened? But like I said they only count as wrinkles if they come from frowning. Lines from laughing and smiling are just signs of a life well-lived!! I want lots of those!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Thanks, Jon!
September 7th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Happy, Happy Birthday, Karen!!! Hope you do the birthday month thing for yourself, too!! Have a great day and pamper yourself, make merry and have a wonderful time. You deserve it just because you’re you.
September 7th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Thank you Pamm! Yes, I do think a month celebration and pampering is in order!
September 7th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Happy birthday Karen!
September 7th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Thanks, Don!
September 8th, 2007 at 1:26 am
(Music starts..)Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to Karen. Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, Karen!
May this birthday song fill your heart with blessings, boundless joy and happiness! And, congrats on gaining a few more “lines” of wisdom. I’m counting mine too..
Cheers,
Ellesse
September 8th, 2007 at 2:58 am
Oooh, I can hear it! I can hear it!
Thank you Ellesse! I love the phrase
“blessings, boundless joy and happiness”
Yes, I shall have that!
and the “lines of wisdom” of course!
September 8th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Hi Karen - not sure if it is today or yesterday for you as I think we are 8 hours “ahead” of you - if I missed your day, sorry - if it’s still coming then here’s a BIG HUG!!
September 8th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Thanks Viv! It was on the 7th—You know lucky number and all!