an unfathomable mystery

Remember when you were little? You were always so excited about your birthday. Cake and presents, all for YOU!! You were the center of attention, the diva (or divo), the pièce de résistance. Everything was about YOU.

Then you started getting older. I don't know about you, but birthdays...don't seem like such a big deal anymore. Sure, the cake is nice, and the presents too, but I don't feel any different than I did the day before. The rest of the world doesn't even know unless I choose to tell them. I think it's a bit of a wake-up call as we get older. We start to realize that no, the world does NOT have to revolve around us for the day. Heck, your birthday isn't even unique - I share mine with Prince Harry of England, Heidi Montag, and William Taft - a former President of the United States. To name a few. That's just FAMOUS people. (And no, I did not know that on my own. I had to look it up.)

So enjoy your cake, enjoy the fellowship, but don't lose sight of what's really important in life. Because that cake may be good, but if you eat too much, you'll make yourself sick.

Today is also the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. I don't know too terribly much about it myself, but you can find more information by clicking here.

Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us.

-enna