It has been some time since I last logged on for a post. I mean,
if you put aside the occasional checks to see any comments and increase of page
views, (haha), I really did not do much ever since my last post. I mean I wanted
to write, and there were many to write about and then I got lazy and well, time
passed. So for today, this post is going to be about my last birthday, exactly
10 days ago.
Birthdays. A yearly event that signifies how much nearer you
get to the end, birthdays really can be a joy. And while most people get to
enjoy blowing the candles or even simply being wished “Happy Birthday”, there
are those who have it 4 years once. Yes, those born in the leap year, whose
birth dates fall on February 29. It must be really special for this people, to
have their birthdays celebrated once in every four years and somehow sad that
for the next three years, they age year by year without officially being
birthday-ed. I have a friend in college whom I was able to share the joy of
celebrating his really special once-in-four-years celebration. Funny, it was my
first and my last till we left college. But, I thank you for the time we had. It
really was beautiful. You know who you are, dear friend. Thank you.
Well enough of that, so this year, I decided to go bold,
shamelessly confident in seeking satisfaction, craving attention and
acknowledgement. I went around Whatsapp-ing friends that it was my birthday and
that they are to wish me! Haha! And a friend of mine declared it was his first
time seeing anyone announcing his own birthday and demanding for wishes. Hahaha!
Too bad for you, I still got the wishes. Forget about presents, wishes that
take up a minute or lesser of your time, just to be dedicated to me itself has
been a great opportunity. To think that I spent a minute of your lifetime to
wish me “Happy Birthday” was satisfying.
And while being happy of the wishes, we sometimes crave for
a little bit more. I mean, it is only being human, right? To want something
more than what we have – another slice of that cheese cake, a second helping to that mashed potatoes sprinkled
with herbs and thick soup, a sip of that Starbucks coffee we will splurge
stupidly on. So, as we ask or at least expect for this little extra, there are
two things to be prepared for.
One, you find only disappointment which leads to
frustration, anger and hatred. You get nothing, not even a wish or some little
special recognition for what you have become or of how much you have traveled
or come to. I ask, is it wrong to ask for something more when you know you
simply can afford it. So what if you have always been like that? Must that
stick and remain till time ends? Has it always been that way? When once you act
in total silence, you become mute forever? Have you no thoughts or at least the
sub-consciousness of what we refer to as humanity? Or is it that you simply do
not take much to this? Sometimes, wishing birthdays become a responsibility and
not an honest wish. You go out to buy the cake. You take the time to get a
gift. You write a message on a small card and you paste it on the gift. You write
good things and wishing all the best, you think you have done your part of
being a part in this human cycle. But is that really what birthdays are?
A responsibility as human to celebrate?
A task, in the norm of celebrations?
And two, when life is always equal of both joys and despair,
you find great love and care. It does not take a thousand dollar bill to put a
smile on your face. Sometimes a bargain bought at the everyday-grocery store
becomes so much more valuable than any diamond ring. Even a letter typed in the
simplest way can mean so much when all you have to do is to have the person
whom you are celebrating in mind. Honesty,
truth, inspiration and admiration become the source of your letter and well
wishes, which when you read, you feel it to the core, forgetting all about that
hatred and anger, just being thankful that in every dark corners of this world,
there is still light. Birthdays become so much more meaningful that way. You feel
that in all the difficult paths that you have took and suffered for, it is in
the distant, far away from where you have heightened yourself to where you are
now.
Birthdays become true and real. And aging by the year seems
to even be less frightening, knowing that you will always have that love and
care around you. It is the real deal and
no matter how long one takes to wish himself or herself “Happy Birthday”, it
always feels good. So good, no Dunkin Donuts can make you feel better.
So, while some birthdays are celebrated four years once,
others being forgotten, taken for granted and a mere responsibility, there are
still those birthdays whom people thank you for your existence.
Thank you for your wishes.
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