On Sixtieth Birthday
Author: Dr. K.S. Kang
It has been a question of an endless debate since time immemorial whether birthday should be celebrated or not. Some say that it is an occasion signifying the end of one more year of your life and you have moved close to our death. So there is hardly anything to celebrate, particularly after you have crossed the meridian of 60 years of age when there is nothing to look forward to except the old age with all its horrors, deformities and weakness ready to engulf you before sending you to the penultimate end. However, in Indian psyche and way of life, where even death is celebrated, though in a solemn way, to mark the occasion with appreciation that man has completed the journey of life successfully that is no mean achievement. As far as possible a person should embrace the element of positivity in life, as positivity is nearer light and divinity. A person should see his birthday as an occasion that he has covered another year of his life successfully, hence the occasion for celebration. Then this occasion gives the opportunity to know about your friends and well wishers who greet you with the choicest wishes on your birthday. This boosts your morale and gives you courage to move forward in life warding off the darkness of depression and disease with the light of fresh and positive energy that your derive from the wishes of friends and well wishers. A person should try to be positive till the last moment of his life in a ‘die hard spirit’ which will help in facing even death with the halo of positivity that protects you from horrors and images of death to some extent which are more horrible than the death itself. Positivity has become more relevant in the present moment of global crisis as it gives courage to move forward, forget the past and embrace life and future with new hope. So when you are fortunate to get human life then the celebration should continue till the last moment of life as it shows your gratitude to your creator whom you remember on this occasion for the human life that He has given to you and His endless praise. On this occasion I recollect following lines
Count your life
By Smiles, nor Tears,
Count your Age, by Friends
Not Years.
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