Birthday Wish

My first thought was that, "What would be the perfect gift?" Would it be flowers? Or jewelery? Or dinner? well it could be anything couldnt it? But what i hadn't considered was that perhaps the best gift wouldn't be so much the material or the person who delivers it. It was mostly just the way someone makes me feel. That grin that flashes that is beyond your control, the twinkle that you can't explain in your eye.I have to say the best of gifts is one that is forever cherished and yet somewhat more sentimental than the one you thought would certainly make your world brighter.

Today my wish was to be relaxed and happy in my own skin. It meant more to me to find a moment on the day where i can smile, and when i scream and hoped it would be because nothing else in the world mattered. i hoped i would have a chance to sit on my balcony and admire the view of the footballpitch littered with children playing soccer. i imagine it would be soothing to hear the soosh of the river as it ran between the blocks of my condominium. 

I wished i would have no worries today, that whenever i reached out someone would be just there to help me, i wished that when i hint to someone my absolute need for a certain gadget that it would miraculously appear before me. But its not really what i wanted to live with, though i wish today perfect, i also wished that i would be blessed, protected and most of all provided for. These wishes were fulfilled. i was protected throughout the day i was blessed with friends that know exactly what to say and i was provided for, meals, clean water, other refreshments. 

I'm amazed at all the things i thought i wanted. that i pretty much begged for. i asked for things i thought i needed to wish for not things i truly desired. i spent the night with a chain of short prayers aimed at fixing my current seemingly insignificant issues. things that might have no bearing in what happens to me in the future. so now i ask you...if you had a birthday wish, what would be your criteria to choose... and what do you think your birthday wish would be?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY