My husband always gives me very sweet cards. This year's is a vase of flowers embroidered on fabric. (A vase of fresh flowers is often the first thing we see (and a visitor would see) when we walk in our front door. This last summer we enjoyed a wonderful collection of dahlia bouquets.) The inside of the card reads: There are a MILLION REASONS to celebrate you. Your birthday makes a million and one.
A dear friend sent me the one on the left. The inside reads: You're a beautiful person, inside and out, unique and full of life. You have a place in this world, a story to tell, a difference to make. And you're already doing that - beautifully! You're loved for who you are, for all you're yet to be - for always!
The first two cards I kind of expected, not that I take them for granted. I am happy to receive them and I love their messages.
This last card (above right) came from one of my nephews and niece-in-law. It was very unexpected and a very pleasant surprise. The inside reads: You're wished all the things that will make this birthday your kind of day.
I don't know about you, but I'm still practicing accepting nice things said about me. And I'm trying to shorten the time between me thinking "Really?" to "I accept and appreciate what this card says about me." And I set the intention to live up to the best of my nature.
~ JEAN
