This year I am grateful to have a very nice birthday. I could go out with my wife for a date, have lunch with both tumpeng and birthday pancake afterwards. Also, it happens to be a Sunday where I served as ushers and it is first time to have the Holy Communion on my birthday.
A usual response would be what more could I wish more. That’s true as I am really blessed. At the same time, it poses a big question whether past events were not as happy as this and future events cannot be even better than now.
For example, last year I was in a stressed period of time when celebrating the birthday. Does it mean last year I was less blessed? Now, it can even be more. I could feel the love of my wife who was with me even when I was very down. Also, it was a memorable experience on how I could have a bad start in the beginning of the year but ending it well.
I don’t know how the future is. But there can be a different kind of happiness. For example, taking more responsibilities like becoming parents sound scary. Or if we have more responsibilities in office. Those are scary. But there can be even greater happiness behind it. Just like marriage may be tougher than single hood but brings a richer happiness, we don’t know whether there can be a different kind of happiness. One thing for sure is that the greatest happiness is when we are with Jesus forever, not sure how it looks like, but that’s the faith we have. So continue to cherish the present, and at the same time work hard for the future. As one said, we are not called to do everything, but we must do everything that we are called to do.
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