Today is my birthday - and I celebrate it. It has not always been that way. Before I learned to love myself I found birthdays torture. Now I have learned self-respect I can enjoy a day that is all about celebrating who I am.
It is one of the few days of the year that is completely about the self, and I embrace this knowledge. To experience the day as fully as possible, I appreciate everything that other people do for me. I call my mother and remember that it is her day too. I read the cards sent to me, and appreciate the gifts which have been made for me, and are given with love. Above all I appreciate this day as a connection to those who love me and want to show their love.
To know yourself fully is to appreciate yourself warts and all (apologies for the old-school witchy connotations!). To love and respect yourself is part of celebrating the day you arrived on this earth in this shape.
Birthday rituals are important. Eat special food, light candles and make wishes. Most of all use it as a time to celebrate the days between now and the next birthday, and use it to create the self you wish to be.
Birthday ritual
On your birthday, start by remove from your space anything which offends your sense of beauty. Give to charity, or freecycle it. You need to start your new year with clarity, and this will help.
Dress beautifully and with care on this day, regardless of where you are of who is around you. It is time to celebrate the potential that is you.
Then, take time out and go for a walk. Make it into a walking meditation by starting to think of who you were last year, and who you wish to be for the next year. Allow your footsteps to carry you away from the negatives, and forward to the positives.
Then, later on, light a pure white candle. White in this instance is to signify new ideas. Meditate on the flame and project into it the thoughts which came to you during your walk. After a while, blow it out and make a wish for a fulfilling and healthy year, one in which you grow as a person, and do not repeat your mistakes. There is plenty of time for new ones next year!
I wish you joy on this day of birth and rebirth. I wish you spiritual health to create the person you always wanted to be and to live within the light.
2 comments:
Happy Birthday - what a wonderful post. Love the white candle idea. For those of us who live alone and far from family, these are good ideas. I bought a cake once and invited my neighbor in for coffee and let her take home the leftoverr cake too. I felt great, having not only celebrated but saved my diet. Best wishes to you. Patty Stewart www.key-light.org
Thank you so much for your comment, Pat. It is good to know that you gained doubly from your generosity on your birthday. I feel it is a time to give and in giving gain tenfold. Great karma for your next year!
Kind regards
Ursula
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