My birthday bells start ringing 6 months prior to the month of August (my bday month). The reason is the excitement and planning that is done by children. By the time the B-DAY arrives, I am almost quite familiar to what it’s gonna be like, except a few secrets I would not know. I have always been a person of Giving rather than Receiving. Even as a child, I possessed a big clear heart and would not take me a second if I had to give some stuff to the needy, aunt, cousin or friend. Guess I inherited this openness from my granny. My granny has been so open minded and free hearted that she always brought a smile on all the faces that would meet her. Her practical thinking made her live her life with joy. Another quality I inherited is creativity. So in a way I have been blessed in abundance. But the question is, How often or do we actually practice gratitude in the real sense with a true heart? Each one us have our own answers. So birthdays allows us to kinder our own wishes by ourselves rather than depending on others to keep us happy.
You see, life has not been easy for many out there. And it is that sense of sensitivity that keeps us connected to the world. It helps us to understand our own needs, HOW MUCH WE NEED rather than HOW MUCH WE WANT. As I pondered if I should treat myself to a Spa, buy myself a new attire or step out for a satisfying dinner, the pandemic made me realise that Self-love is important for ones own well being and not settling for less than you deserve.
I thought of not splurging in these testing times and if I could do something good. As they say when you think good, some door somewhere opens up. I got a call from someone known to us who was in a dire need of financial aid due to medical expenses. I had a choice. We chose to help. Is that an inheritance quality? Our elders have left us with so much inheritance of doing and learning that we often get blinded to. I wonder.
Compassion, kindness should be a part of the new normal. Hope the world becomes a better place for the future generations to come.
27.8.20