Happy Unbirthday to you all! 

Happy Unbirthday! Every Day! 

Good morning, folks! I am Jin with Morning Mindfulness Podcast. Hope you are doing wonderful in your corner of the World! Let’s breathe and smile.

Do you like cartoons? I do. I think many of them have really interesting points we can apply in every day life. Too bad that many people grow up and forget about them.

When I was a kid, I loved my birthdays and holidays, especially New Year. It was fun. Magical. As I was growing up, especially after I came back from the army, I noticed I cared less and less about holidays, and I can’t care less about birthdays. And not just me. Many people I talk to just refuse to celebrate them. They say they don’t want to measure their life in one year intervals any more.

I understand that. But here’s an interesting concept I learned from the cartoon called “Alice in Wonderland”. The book was actually called “Through the Mirror”. Why don’t we celebrate unbirthdays? What is unbirthday? Any day of the year that is not your birthday.

All our life we are waiting for some special occasions to do something. We’re waiting for New Year to start a gym membership. We’re waiting for the birthday to give a gift. We’re waiting for holidays to bring somebody flowers. We’re waiting for some special events to say the complements. And unfortunately quite often we are waiting till the very end to say the most sincere words about the person.. at the funeral.

I don’t care about holidays, birthdays, gifts. It’s OK if you do. But I see every day as a gift. Every moment is precious, that’s why we call it Present. Why don’t we celebrate that? Give somebody smile as a gift! Share your heart! Say some words that matter. That will change the World around you! Think about that, my friend!

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PEACE!
Jin

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