Friday, Dec. 1, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
— e.e. cummings
Somewhere in this meditation book each of us will find our birthday. It may cause us panic and trauma. It may be a day that reminds us we are getting older. For many adult children, it causes sadness because it reminds them of their childhood birthdays.
Whatever that special day has meant to us in the past, we are in control of what it can mean now and in the future.
A birthday, like any yearly holiday, is a symbol, a time to reflect and remember a special meaning. The special meaning of birthdays can become a reminder that we are called on to be reborn regularly. Seeing new beauty is a kind of rebirth. Making a decision, no matter how small, that enhances our life is a form of rebirth. Moving on to a new place, a new state of freedom, is being born again. Every day can be a birthday.
Today, I am celebrating the birth of a wholly worthy human being. Any day I choose can be another birthday.
Hazelden Foundation
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