Flashback to June 8.
Another fun thing about coming home when you've been away for your birthday, is that you get to open some special mail and feel celebrated all over again. (And I have it on good account there's even another one waiting for me at the church!)
As well as all the lovely greetings via texts, emails and also on line -- for which I am grateful to social media for making remembering everyone's birthday so happy and simple and easy -- I actually did receive quite a few 'real' cards this year, only some of which are shown in this picture. The others are still at the cottage where I also put them on display the day of.
Birthdays are good for this, for eating cake and being remembered and encouraged. But I honestly believe we should be smattering love and lifted spirits and encouragement around to all kinds of people every single day. And we have so many ways to do that now! It's so easy.
There's a lot going on in our world right now that deeply troubles many, many souls. In fact, I think we would all be hard pressed to find someone not worried about the economy, distressed about politics, anxious for marginalized people, wondering about the future. Everyone in our orbits, birthday or not, could use a little lovely lifting.
Simple instructions from Paul again, this time to the church in Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 5:11):
Encourage one another, and build each other up.
Maybe that's the way we can tell if the day was a success or not. If we did that for at least one other person.
So thanks so much, everyone, for all the birthday greetings, and all the ways you continue to inspire me and encourage me and help me in my becomings.
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