Birthdays

While my birthday is still a half a year away, I came across this quote on a blog that I follow and it sums up my thoughts on birthdays perfectly!

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.' 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.'

 

~ Henri Nouwen, Here and Now