Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (But Done!)

"Happy birthday!"
"Happy anniversary!"

Those are the often said phrases over the world. And what comes next? People would most likely be asking us to invite them for a bite of lunch or dinner. Or in a rude way, forcing us to spend our money on many things for them. That's so typical. But can we blame them for this habitual routine? Na-ah!

Then how should we react to that practice? Turn them down somehow, thinking: what's in it for us? Why do they bother with such a request? It's my birthday. I decide myself how I want to commemorate the day I greeted this wickedly interesting world. Don't I deserve a little time of my own to just appreciate myself for the things I've done or been through? These kind of questions would most probably cross our minds.

So? Ugh... what things have we done? We've been through a zillion things, that's for sure, but have we really done anything worthwhile? Can we positively say "Yup! That's me who did it!"? This question would probably jolt us, at least for a minute, to come up with the answer, and oops...! We're not even done yet with some of the things that we're supposed to wrap up. Aaarrgghh...!

The routine of thises-and-thats has forced us just to be busy, but we forget to see the bigger picture. Why are we busy in the first place? What do we want to achieve?

This leads us to realize how time flies while we tend to kill them by doing something else. It's been a year, and we have just come to our senses, that we could've done different things differently, in better ways, that is. Are we admitting failure? Does it sound like regret?

Whatever we call it, let's keep in mind that it's human to make mistakes. It takes maturity to learn from our mistakes and not to make the same mistakes all over again. What has been done is done, after one whole year, just like at any other time, a new day is beginning. Birthday or no birthday, anniversary or no anniversary, seize it! At the end of the day, we ought to be able to understand, not only say, that we really have done something. Some -if not all- things are better left unsaid. But make sure those things are done.

And what about our friends' request for a bite? Look on the bright sight, they realize that we exist and have a place -if not special- in their mind. So, the lesson of the day? Don't mention anything about a birthday, just seize the day! Seize the year! Seize life! And pretend you've just lost your wallet.