Eucharisteo – thanksgiving – always precedes the miracle.
In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other's homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings – for the food on their tables and the babies in their arms.
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.
Today is your birthday! Today You are You! So what if it costs me a thousand or two.
Birthday is the day to take a pause and live the day for yourself. It’s a day to look back at the miles (years) walked so far and plan the next miles of dreams to change your life and others too.
It’s your Day of all Days! It’s the Best of the Best! So don’t waste a minute! Hop to it! Get dressed!
Birthdays were made for going wild over the people we think are amazing.
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
I see birthdays as a reward for having shown up 365 in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.
If we didn’t have birthdays, you wouldn’t be you. If you’d never been born, well then what would you do?
The secret is not to dream,' she whispered. 'The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me anymore. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.'
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate.