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| Me, starring out to the sea from Male' City. |
There is no better way to celebrate a birthday than to commit
a special act of goodness as a birthday is
a day that comes once a year when a person celebrates birth. We generally think
of a birthday as the anniversary of the day we were born. Most of all a
birthday also commemorates the day God created
you as it’s is time for introspection – to take the purpose of one’s life to
heart and make resolutions for the future.
I’ve turned 24 years old today and I feel every bit of my age
at this birthday. I
think I’ve reached the age when well-meaning individuals feel well thin their
right to question why I haven’t done this or that in my life yet. The tone of the birthday article I wrote a year ago
might be one of extreme optimism. I went back and read it today before I
began writing this very historical article of my life. Tracing back to that
article I had keyed in on the desire to live my life with “purpose”. I went
back and read the whole birthday article I wrote last year on this date and was
struck by how optimistic my outlook on the year ahead seemed to be. It was
especially difficult choice because at that time I was in the middle of some
uncertain & painful circumstances. I was asking myself if I was willing to
re-order my life in order to grab hold of what I wanted the most. In the midst
of those events I can remember thinking to myself, “Well, atleast things can’t
get any worse”. Maybe of that I was wrong, I guess. Anyways I’m not turning the
pages of my life back looking forward to those conversations anymore at this
article. No matter how things went yesterday, or
last year, we always have the capacity to try again. Yes, a birthday is a
refresher. What I know now is that, it is easy enough to say I’m thankful
understanding that it is far better to show it by doing a kind deed, something
that I did not do yesterday. Not because someone is forcing me or someone suggests
it, but because my inner goodness wants to thank for being born and alive.
A birthday is an occasion to rethink your life. On one’s
birthday one should recall his past experiences by creating resolutions to
improve for the future.
If it is called a “birthday” one must also
review the very concept of birth by analyzing the question of “Am I spending my
time properly or am I involved in things that distract me from my supreme
caller”? A birthday is the most reasonable time, to light up with extra
strength to strengthen the thread that connects his outer life and his inner
life.
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