My Re-Birthday !

I've decided.. Rather i've chosen.. I'm going to celebrate my Re-Birthday.. What is a re-birthday?.. Well, my school records and the local municipality office records in my mother's native state of Karnataka might indicate that i was born on a friday, the 23rd of May around 4 pm some 25 summers back.. But that is only stating half the truth... True, I did start to "exist" on this planet that day on.. But i was actually re-born, so to say, on the 24th October of 2004. I say "re-born", as i ceased to "exist" and have started "living" from this date onwards.. Life gave me an ultra-fast crash course about itself through an event, and here I was staring at the world with brand-new, fully-open eyes.. Here i was looking at life as a clear-cut chain of consequences of choices i had made/was making..

As Richard Bach says, "Life does not ask us to be caring, loving, hating, spiteful, understanding, considerate, kind, cruel, honest, lying, courageous, cowardly, straightforward, devious, optimistic, pessimistic, vibrant, dull, enthusiastic, directionless or ambitious. It just requires us to appreciate the consequences of choices." Hats off to you, Richard.. Very well said..

My re-birth on Oct 24th was an eventful one.. It was a caesarian delivery..and like all caesarian deliveries go, it was a painful one.. there i was kicking and screaming and generally refusing to let go of the comfortable place that i was lodged in.. But Life is an excellent mid-wife... Under her excellent paediatric care, i was delivered that afternoon.. The first few hours were tense, like all caesarian deliveries are.. i was apprehensive and tense as to how i would survive this way..How would i be able to survive without the crutches that i had used all along.. crutches like "Its all in your fate", "It was not meant to be", "It was not your fault" and so on ?... Dozens of comfortable crutches which i'd used during all these years of "existence" had to be disposed if i had start "living"..It was a painful time.. but an exhilirating one..I felt/feel finally "in control"..

Here i am .. 3 months of "living" on this planet.. One full quarter over.. am Filing my first quarterly report.. My verdict on the basis of the last 3 months -
I CHOOSE TO LIVE LIFE THIS WAY AND WILL NOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY..

Waves of joy hit me when i think that this is what i feel as a 3 month old.. I can only imagine how empowered i will feel when i am actually 25.. WOW!!.

As the McDonald's tagline goes, "I'M LUVIN IT"!