Birthdays~A glimpse into my thoughts.

As a young little girl then my birthday was a very special day to me. Small me with the little knowledge of what birthday really mean, it was all about the specially baked cake with my name written with colorful icing on it, the gifts, extra playing, outings, chore-free at home for the whole day and most especially birthday wishes which always left me in a very shy state as I replied "thank you" to all of them. 

I vividly remember times when I had already set my mind ready weeks before my b-day infact on the first day of my birthday month I was already very excited and happy, I even remember going through the calendar to memorise the number of days left till my special day. Although I was quite the shy type I didn't really show it that much. One of my best birthday gifts, a purse with straps more like a shoulder bag my mum got me on my 10th birthday, it was very lovely and had a neutral color that matched any outfit I wore. Had the purse for like 6yrs and more even till now I still have it packed in a special corner of my wardrobe. It is the longest birthday gift I have kept with me so far. 

Going through my childhood birthday pictures with the beautiful memories of past events resurfacing so fresh on my mind, I can say that I fully enjoyed the best part of a being a child.

As seconds turned to minutes hours days months and years growth set in for me in all aspects of my life. Fast forward to this point as an adult now, like they say we learn each day I have come to realize that birthdays aren't only fully revolved around what I thought it was I realized there was more to it.  An individuals mindset and perspective have a lot to play in it too especially when the question of how do you as an individual view your own birthday? come up. I guess this is the question that distinguish celebrating ones birthday from the view of being a "common" event  to everybody . 

I have come to realize that people have different views about celebrating their own birthdays. Some feel it's not worth celebrating, some they haven't achieved much to celebrate for, some it's not necessary and so overacted, some celebrating birthdays have age limits, some even don't keep track of their own birthday and some still have the birthday spirit in them whether celebrating in a big way or not they just feel that adding a year older regardless the struggles in the world is something to be grateful for and that is the category of people I belong in. 

I came across several definitions of birthday and the one that really caught my fancy is that "birthday is the anniversary of ones birth" meaning a fully completed 365 days and the beginning of a new one still alive and living amidst the fact that alot have happened, people died and never got the opportunity to celebrate theirs. 

Indeed, it is something to be grateful to God for and worth celebrating. It must not necessarily be in a big way, if you have money to fine if you don't still fine. Celebrating your own birthday could be in an act of thanksgiving in church, charity, giving yourself a special treat, holidays, celebrating with family and friends or even praying and so on. Like they say "different people with different ways of doing things". Just find your cool and know what works perfectly for you. 

Wish yourself the best on your day and pray for many more birthdays to celebrate hale and hearty, and also try to wish others well too on their day. I too myself is very grateful I get to celebrate my own birthdays. 

And that's actually what birthday is all about and meant to be like. Indeed birthdays are worth celebrating. 

It's your special day, find your cool, do something extraordinary special and enjoy your day. 

Happy birthday in addy to us all!