After the Morning After - a celebration of life

It is so easy to get caught up in your day to day, month to month, and year to year that you forget to celebrate yourself!  I for one, never forget!! LOL.  My birthday is a great reason to get all the people that you care most about together and just do what comes naturally!  PARTY, drink, talk, catch up on current events, see who's getting married, divorced, separated, or pregnant.  Catch up on the things that you don't keep up with because they don't pay your bills.  They don't put food on the table, nor have they ever paid a gas bill!  These are the spices of life that we only enjoy when we are around those that we call FRIENDS!

I had a beautiful celebration of life this year!  My friends come from far and wide!  I got a birthday shout out from Hong Kong this year.  Who can really say that?  I love my girls!  They absolutely love me and they support me and that's where my happiness lies this year - in my love and support!

When your expectations of life are not met in a timely fashion, or not met at all - we tend to pout, act out, and immediately think that someone has forsaken us.  But if we're patient, thoughtful, and pay attention - we will notice that our expectations are unrealistic at times, and that what God has planned for us, is happening as it should.  He's right on time!  Our lives are a combination of lessons, laughs, and loves - and the labyrinth that is unique to each of us has been designed to give us the most of all 3!  The intricacies of life are not for us to understand, they are to keep us interested in the process.  Stay interested, people!

I heard recently that there are 2 great moments in life - the day you are born and the day you realize why you were born!  All that stuff in the middle is just the PROCESS.  Strive to reach your epiphany and celebrate yourself in all your stages in the meanwhile! :)

What happens after the morning after a celebration of life?  You wake up with a smile on your face knowing that you have done something right up until now - because people actively make your celebration a part of their day, weekend, month, and year!  Know that God is surrounding you with love and support and that is His way of rewarding you for living in his Word!

God is good!

Stay with me!