Monday, June 16, 2008

Birthday Blues... and all sorts of Hues!

Three years to go before I hit the road of 30's (aka. the peak of adulthood...hahahahah!). Of course, I have my own bias about being in that age range. I kind of dread the idea of it and I have no particular reason for it. It is one of those irrational fears I have.

Moving on to a lighter mood, birthday is still something I love to celebrate. It is the time to give thanks to God for all the wonderful blessings He had showered me over the years. In terms of materialistic standards, I am not in the best position. But somehow, when I look around and when I think of every single blessing (too many to count actually) I have, I still feel so lucky. God has been so wonderful too me that I can never thank him enough for His love.

Birthdays are times to reflect of what we have become. I believe that it helps to think back of our choices in the past. A year's worth of memory may not be possible but the ones that we remember (surely, those are also the ones that have the greatest impact in our lives) give us a good picture of how we have been molded as individuals. The events we have encountered, the people we have dealt with, and our choices or response to them contribute to our personality and lifestyle.

I have changed a lot myself. I have learned a lot of things that have made me so different from what I used to be. For the past year, I have particularly learned the value of my family. It is not only that I miss them a lot but also because they make me feel at home no matter how far they are from me when I talk with them. They give me a sense of belongingness. Also, I have learned to use money better. With all the odd jobs I have done, I realize that money is so important, yet, should not be the center of one's life. Money does not buy you happiness but needs to be managed well in order to survive a worldly life. Finally, I learned more about my personality and I now recognize the things that I should improve on.

Aside from being a time of reflection, birthdays are also for making wishes. I will not write what I would wish for because they say that wishes are meant to be kept to oneself (hehehhehe). I will whisper it to God. I claim that He will give it to me... in time.

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