Today… is the day
yes, today is the day,
correction
Today is my day .. it’s my birthday!
I have a friend, who happens to share the same day,
‘Ugh!’ She says to me, ‘You can have it. I won’t be celebrating.’
although she is younger than me, she laments the passage of time
thinks possibly she has nothing to celebrate
but to that, I say this…
This, is your day!
this is the one day chosen for you to be
here
on this earth
in
this life
in this body
to be
just You
In your own way, in your own
self
and all of this is designed in celebration of
you
why not celebrate?
isn’t it a blessing to have survived yet one more
lap around the sun
to have felt its rays as they shine on your skin
and light your
smile
maybe even to have dried
your
tears
to have walked on this ground
to have touched
this earth
in this exact
spot
to have left… this print
in this way
regardless of what happens today
I will celebrate
me
I will celebrate kindness, goodness
and peace
I will celebrate every cell that feels
and a heart
that breaks
I will celebrate another year
of trying
of listening
of learning
of seeing
of witnessing
of hearing
of
being
I may think of doing better
of doing more
of where I’ve come
of where I’ve
been
but I will rest in gratitude
for what it is
to be
me
I will light a candle
I will eat
some cake
I will offer myself a little gift
and a little wish
I will not cringe at a number that changes
or a mirror that creases
(so very far beyond my control)
I will come instead with great anticipation
and joy
for this day
as it is
my day
to celebrate
me
and really, I just can’t think of a nicer thing. ♥