By: Barbara Jacoby
Today is my birthday. But, I don’t think of birthdays in the same way as other people do. Let me explain.
Remember when you were in school – at the end of the school year, if you successfully completed your work, you were promoted to the next grade. Well, that is how I see my birthday. If I successfully complete my year, Almighty God promotes me to the next year and so I see it as graduation day.
This gives me the opportunity to learn more and to share more. It also reminds me that regardless of what happens in life, it is always for the best. That is why, so many years ago, when something happened that I didn’t understand why it happened, rather than reacting emotionally to it, I would ask God – what am I to learn from this?
So today as my birthday rolls around one more time, I observe my graduation day and look forward to many days in the future where I am allowed to learn more and share more and maybe, just maybe, if I do a really great job, Almighty God will once again allow for me to graduate once again at this time next year and I will celebrate my graduation – whoops, birthday – in exactly the same way.
Barbara Jacoby is an award winning blogger that has contributed her writings to multiple online publications that have touched readers worldwide.