Birthdays
need to be celebrated. I think it is more important to celebrate a
birthday than a successful exam, a promotion, or a victory. Because to
celebrate a birthday means to say to someone: “Thank you for being you.”
Celebrating a birthday is exalting life and being glad for it. On a
birthday we do not say: “Thanks for what you did, or said, or
accomplished.” No, we say: “Thank you for being born and being among
us.”
On birthdays
we celebrate the present. We do not complain about what happened or
speculate about what will happen, but we lift someone up and let
everyone say: “We love you.”
Henri Nouwen
No comments:
Post a Comment