What’s In A Birthday?

What at all is in a birthday ?

The Oxford dictionary defines a birthday as the day in each year which is the same date as the one on which you were born.

Very simple yet very deep as your birthday gives you a chance to take proper stock of your life to see the progress you’ve made from the last time anybody wished you a happy birthday.

Birth itself is a window of opportunity to “right” the wrongs of your forefathers,to fulfill your unique mission and the calling on your life.

It is really the time to assess the disparity between where you should have been and where you are now.

I dare say,your birthday should be the time resolutions should be made and tracked to see the level of success by the next birthday.

Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. It is our duty to be receptive to that force. How do we do so? By committing to a life guided by God's will, and by using the abilities and resources we were born with to perfect ourselves and society, and to make the world a good and sacred home for God. (Simon Jacobson)

A birthday is a time to celebrate birth itself, the joy of life. It is also an occasion to rethink your life: How great is the disparity between what I have accomplished and what I can
 accomplish? Am I spending my time properly or am I involved in things that distract me from my higher calling? How can I strengthen the thread that connects my outer life and my inner life? (Simon Jacobson)

It is a time to bond with your maker as this is all possible due to Him.It is a time to pledge your unflinching love and commitment towards Him.

By this ,I’m not saying birthdays aren’t meant to be celebrated with pomp and pageantry but the inner reflection and recommitment to God should precede it.