Birthdays

A birthday is an anniversary of the day on which a person was born or the celebration of it. It is a special day in one's life that is set aside for celebration or reflection. Birthdays are part of the human "to do" list that is not so easily forgotten. It is a date worth saving and remembering.

Birthdays add colours to people's lives. This is shown in the way people feel on the day of their birthdays. And even the ones that do not recall or take pleasure in celebrating it due to reasons best known to them, a courtesy call, act of kindness, inspiring text message, acts of love..., gets them into the mood. It is not a matter of how rigid, or principled someone may appear to be, but a matter of life, a matter of birth, a matter of addition, a matter of reflection of all that surrounds one's birth. It's a matter of recalling all that one had been through before the present phase of life (addition).

To put it in perspective, we all make resolutions, plans, set goals and objectives. For some of us, the achievement of these goals are grouped into long term and short term. For some, we do appraisals monthly, quarterly, yearly, depending on our choices. However, I have come to discover that majority of us dont take yearly appraisals for granted. We want to make sure we meet up with our set targets before the year runs out. So we map out different forms of appraisal for assessment. And for a calculated number of us, we use our birthdays as a bench mark.

Follow me closely as I do the illustration of what could be running through some minds. Some would be like: my birthday would be coming up by certain date, at least, I am supposed to have achieved this or that before that date. How am I going to celebrate it? May be I could travel out by then. Or better still, celebrate it around in grand style. What am I going to wear, or how do I host this event according to my taste, and make it a birthday to remember?

The above is a few sample of what could be running through certain people's mind about their birthdays especially the people who have what it takes to celebrate it. You wouldn't blame such persons. It tells you how powerful birthdays are. Come to think of it, if you don't celebrate yourself on your day whether you have much or not, no one would do that for you. It doesn't have to be a five star before it can be celebrated. You can celebrate it within your reach or means. However, if you have to make it five star, it's your choice.

I am aware of the fact that some don't see birthdays as a big deal. For some, it comes and it goes. This is a reorientation! There are various ways to mark a birthday if you are creative and innovative. You don't have to follow the crowd the way they do it. You can stand out, be different and stylish. You can carve a nitche for yourself and make your birthdays worth recalling, even by those who were part of it. These and more are ways to make the memories of certain birthdays linger (live) on. #Celebration of a day #Anniversary #Calls #Acts of kindness #Inspiring text messages #Gifts #Acts of love #Birthdays.