We all have our own different way to celebrate our Birthday. Few of us like to celebrate in the grand party while others like to just be with family or some charity event while others may spend it just like another day.
But is the birthday a day for celebrations or to be spent just like that only?
Can we do anything on this day to elevate ourselves and make it more meaningful? Let’s dig it deep.
Life Review: Any successful company is successful because of the minute levels of planning, reviewing of the work, and continuous improvement. They do a performance review, improve their course of action, implement new strategies and excel further. They do all these seems to be boring stuff which is behind the scene hard work of every grand celebration they enjoy.
Don’t you think a birthday is the day for us to stop and look behind and do our Life Review? Ask yourself:
- What I did in past one year?
- What I have not done but wanted to do?
- What I could have done better?
These simple questions can help an individual to do their Life review and plan the future more efficiently. This analysis will not be done on the basis of current resources but on the basis of current you vs future you. This analysis will review your own inner limitations and scope of improvement. Once we improve, our surrounding automatically improves. This is because the individual as a ‘life’ is the foundation of everything around that person.
Your Birthday is a milestone on the journey of your growth, using ‘Life on earth’ as a tool.
Anu kushwaha
Gratitude: Paying gratitude is an integral part of our daily lives. This is one of the many reasons why in India, there is a practice to recite a mantra before daily mundane activities like waking up, bathing, eating, before sleep etc. Whosoever has designed this system in India, has acknowledged the fact that there is a force acting behind each and every activity of ours because of which we are able to do a certain activity.
The day should start with gratitude and end with gratitude because we humans are showered with lots of love and grace from everything around us. Birthday is an ideal day to remember and pay our gratitude to each and every individual and atom around us. Simply because this day marks the beginning of your journey of growth on Earth for this lifetime.
So, on your next Birthday, Do not forget to Pay Gratitude:
- To Mother Earth for nourishing us.
- To Parents for being a medium to give us a physical form.
- To five essentials who nourishes us and allow us to survive in the earth’s atmosphere, and
- To every being around us from plants to Humans.
It won’t cost you anything, but returns will be of immense value to you.
Mortality: Oh! How can I forget this? Being aware of the mortal physical body makes us aware of the limited time we have on this earth to finish our assigned tasks. What’s a better day to remind ourselves of this fact than our birthday?! This day marks the end of one year from our total lifetime available to us.
Being aware of the mortal nature of our physical self is of great help to grow fast. Just like if we visit another city for some work, we go there for a limited number of hours or days. So, we try to focus on work and finish off all our works before we leave the city and come back home. Similarly, when we are aware that we have to go back, our focus will improve, we will be more conscious and cautious to use limited life currency called time. This way of living consciously will improve the quality of your life significantly.
All of the above are important things to do, which will certainly improve the quality of life. But it doesn’t mean you can escape from giving your birthday party! Noway! Whatever we have discussed are things to do within yourself and have nothing to do with your outer world as far as birthday celebrations are concerned. So, work on your inner self quietly and enjoy the party!!
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