Today\u2026\u00a0 is the day<\/p>\n
yes, \u00a0today is the day,
\ncorrection
\nToday is my day ..\u00a0 it\u2019s my birthday!<\/p>\n
I have a friend, who happens to share the same day,
\n‘Ugh!’\u00a0 She says to me,\u00a0 ‘You can have it.\u00a0 I won\u2019t be celebrating.’
\nalthough she is younger than me, \u00a0she laments the passage of time
\nthinks possibly she has nothing to celebrate
\nbut to that,\u00a0 I say this\u2026<\/p>\n
This,\u00a0 is your day!
\nthis is the one day chosen for you to be
\nhere
\non this earth
\nin
\nthis life
\nin this body
\nto be
\njust You
\nIn your own way,\u00a0 in your own
\nself
\nand all of this is designed in celebration of
\nyou<\/p>\n
why not celebrate?<\/p>\n
isn\u2019t it a blessing to have survived yet one more
\nlap around the sun
\nto have felt its rays as they shine on your skin
\nand light your
\nsmile
\nmaybe even to have dried
\nyour
\ntears<\/p>\n
to have walked on this ground
\nto have touched
\nthis\u00a0earth
\nin this exact
\nspot
\nto have left…\u00a0 this print
\nin this way<\/p>\n
regardless of what happens today
\nI will celebrate
\nme
\nI will celebrate kindness, goodness
\nand peace
\nI will celebrate every cell that feels
\nand a heart
\nthat breaks<\/p>\n
I will celebrate another year
\nof trying
\nof listening
\nof learning
\nof seeing
\nof witnessing
\nof hearing<\/p>\n
of
\nbeing<\/p>\n
I may think of doing better
\nof doing more
\nof where I\u2019ve come
\nof where I\u2019ve
\nbeen<\/p>\n
but I will rest in gratitude
\nfor what it is
\nto be
\nme<\/p>\n
I will light a candle
\nI will eat
\nsome cake
\nI will offer myself a little gift
\nand a little wish<\/p>\n
I will not cringe at a number that changes
\nor a mirror that creases
\n(so very far beyond my control)
\nI will come instead with great anticipation
\nand joy
\nfor this day<\/p>\n
as it is
\nmy day
\nto celebrate
\nme<\/p>\n
and really,\u00a0 I just can\u2019t think of a nicer thing.\u00a0 \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today\u2026\u00a0 is the day yes, \u00a0today is the day, correction Today is my day ..\u00a0 it\u2019s my birthday! I have a friend, who happens to share the same day, ‘Ugh!’\u00a0 She says to me,\u00a0 ‘You can have it.\u00a0 I won\u2019t…
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