Celebrate

This past week we celebrated my husband's birthday. It seems whenever one of our birthday's comes up we never have any plans and it usually turns into a last minute thing. This year I had been asking him for a month what he would want to do to celebrate and he kept putting it off or saying "I don't know" and at one point he said "It's just another day". My brother had recently said the same thing about his birthday in January. That made me realize how often we neglect the chance to celebrate our own life and our own uniqueness. Certainly everyday we should take a chance to celebrate life's little blessings, big or small. However that doesn't occur as often as we'd like. We may be bogged down from the days work and are just glad to celebrate the end of a work day by sitting down and relaxing on the couch. That is why your birthday is not "just another day" but a day to celebrate you and how special you are to those who are important in your life. Whether or not you have a big birthday bash or a quiet family dinner, you have to take the chance to celebrate you! As I was thinking about writing my blog on my way to work this morning a song that I think evokes these same sentiments came onto the radio. Katy Perry's song Firework (click to see the video). Here are just a few of the lyrics:

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind


Wanting to start again



Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin


Like a house of cards


One blow from caving in



Do you ever feel already buried deep


Six feet under scream


But no one seems to hear a thing



Do you know that there's still a chance for you


Cause there's a spark in you



You just gotta ignite the light


And let it shine


Just own the night


Like the Fourth of July



Cause baby you're a firework


Come on show 'em what you're worth


Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"


As you shoot across the sky-y-y



Baby you're a firework


Come on let your colors burst


Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"


You're gunna leave 'em all in awe awe awe 

The point is, we have to realize that no matter how our day goes or what other things we have going on, we have to take the time to celebrate the little things. But especially on our birthday we must celebrate our life by re-igniting our own spark and let it shine. It will definitely lead to a new adventure.

 

In the end, my husband decided to have a nice family dinner. So get out there and own the night and the day!