" Birthday Lyrics ... "

We gonna come together, we gonna celebrate

We gonna gather round, like it's your birthday

I don't wanna know, just what I'm gonna do

I don't care where your going, I'm coming along with you

We gonna come together, we gonna celebrate

We gonna gather round, like it's your birthday

I don't wanna know, just what I'm gonna do

I don't care where your going, I'm coming along with you

~ Kings Of Leon ~ Birthday Lyrics ~

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Well made it ... another year older.  Yes just celebrated a birthday yesterday and in my book, birthdays are a BIG DEAL!  Sure this may make me sound juvenile because we are “suppose” to outgrow making a fuss over birthdays.  But seriously, since when have I done what I am “suppose” to do?

I think people make less of deal about their birthdays because they usually don’t turn out as planned ... expectations are high and they rarely seem to be met.  They’ve had friends and family forget or they’ve forgotten special days of others.  Which leads to cynicism ... it’s just another day.

For me, I believe the magic of birthdays.  I count down and eagerly wait.  And when it arrives I treasure the people who make mine special ... and it was special again this year.

Oh and it has nothing to do with presents ... it has to do with presence.  The presence of others who took a moment to remember and express themselves.  And love is all we need, whether we are 4 or 44, we are all treasures and especially on our birthdays, we get reminded just in case we forget.

For me, birthdays are a beginning.  A momentous occasion, a window to the chance of a lifetime.  A chance to fulfill your unique mission.  A day to hear “thanks for being here today and being you, because you are great just as you are”.  

For me, birthdays teach the concept of rebirth because no matter how things were or are, we always have the capacity to try again.  Consider it a refresher, a chance for regeneration.

For me, birthdays are great because I still have one.  Another day on this Earth to live and love.  To reflect with a little more wisdom, a little more confidence and perhaps a few accomplishments ... a perspective, knowing what is trivial and what really matters.

So birthdays are and will continue to matter to me because well the alternative is just not that exciting is it?

It takes a long time to become young ~ Pablo Picasso