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Originally Posted by divine1966
When I was single and my daughter went to college I used to volunteer on holidays, in homeless shelters. I really need to do it now too but I am too busy with two jobs. When I did though, I really liked it and I remember I was so humbled the first time around when I volunteered. Not only I was exhausted from work in a soup kitchen, I didn't feel like complaining about anything as my life was a paradise in comparison.
In general I don't particularly care about birthdays. I didn't do anything for my 50th either. Just treat it like any other day.
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Thanks, Divine. Yeah, people care about birthdays differently. I suppose I am one of the ones who cares about celebrating it. I used to celebrate an entire birthday month and would go out with each of my different friends to celebrate throughout the month.
The way I view a birthday is that it's a way to celebrate
you -- the one day in the year when you have the opportunity to say hey, I am awesome, I am happy to be alive, I am grateful to be alive, life is good and I deserve this day. LOL. It's a person's special day. So from that angle, I like to celebrate my being alive with those I love and cherish the most.
I have volunteered in the past and have appreciated and enjoyed it immensely. I made my whole family volunteer in a soup kitchen on Christmas day one year because I felt we didn't appreciate what we had. It was great to do and taught us all something valuable.
